diff --git a/infinity/utils/dist.py b/infinity/utils/dist.py
index 5c51f4f..d9fe594 100644
--- a/infinity/utils/dist.py
+++ b/infinity/utils/dist.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def __initialize(fork=False, backend='nccl', gpu_id_if_not_distibuted=0, timeout
     global_rank, num_gpus = int(os.environ['RANK']), torch.cuda.device_count()
     local_rank = global_rank % num_gpus
     torch.cuda.set_device(local_rank)
+    print(f"global_rank:{global_rank} local_rank:{local_rank} num_gpus:{num_gpus}")
     
     # ref: https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmcv/blob/master/mmcv/runner/dist_utils.py#L29
     """
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ def __initialize(fork=False, backend='nccl', gpu_id_if_not_distibuted=0, timeout
         print(f'[dist initialize] mp method={method}')
         mp.set_start_method(method)
     """
-    tdist.init_process_group(backend=backend, timeout=datetime.timedelta(seconds=timeout_minutes * 60))
+    tdist.init_process_group(backend=backend,
+                            device_id=torch.device(f'cuda:{local_rank}'), 
+                            timeout=datetime.timedelta(seconds=timeout_minutes * 60))
     
     global __rank, __local_rank, __world_size, __initialized, __rank_str_zfill
     __local_rank = local_rank