diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
index faa7a90d92de..bd95e61b769c 100755
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/coati/trainer/dpo.py
@@ -191,13 +191,7 @@ def _train(self, epoch: int):
 
             # DPO Loss
             loss = losses.mean()
-
             self.booster.backward(loss=loss, optimizer=self.optimizer)
-            if self.num_train_step % self.accumulation_steps == self.accumulation_steps - 1:
-                self.optimizer.step()
-                self.optimizer.zero_grad()
-                self.actor_scheduler.step()
-
             # sync
             loss_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=loss)
             chosen_rewards_mean = all_reduce_mean(tensor=chosen_rewards)
@@ -208,10 +202,20 @@ def _train(self, epoch: int):
             self.accumulative_meter.add("loss", loss_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
             self.accumulative_meter.add("accuracy", reward_accuracies_mean.to(torch.float16).item())
 
-            if i % self.accumulation_steps == self.accumulation_steps - 1:
-                self.num_train_step += 1
+            if (i + 1) % self.accumulation_steps == 0:
+                self.optimizer.step()
+                self.optimizer.zero_grad()
+                self.actor_scheduler.step()
+
+                step_bar.set_postfix(
+                    {
+                        "train/loss": self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"),
+                        "train/chosen_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("chosen_rewards"),
+                        "train/rejected_rewards": self.accumulative_meter.get("rejected_rewards"),
+                        "train/accuracy": self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
+                    }
+                )
                 step_bar.update()
-                # logging
                 if self.writer and is_rank_0():
                     self.writer.add_scalar("train/loss", self.accumulative_meter.get("loss"), self.num_train_step)
                     self.writer.add_scalar("train/lr", self.optimizer.param_groups[0]["lr"], self.num_train_step)
@@ -233,25 +237,26 @@ def _train(self, epoch: int):
                         self.accumulative_meter.get("accuracy"),
                         self.num_train_step,
                     )
+                self.num_train_step += 1
                 self.accumulative_meter.reset()
 
-                if self.save_dir is not None and (self.num_train_step + 1) % self.save_interval == 0:
-                    # save checkpoint
-                    self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart saving model checkpoint with running states")
-                    save_checkpoint(
-                        save_dir=self.save_dir,
-                        booster=self.booster,
-                        model=self.model,
-                        optimizer=self.optimizer,
-                        lr_scheduler=self.actor_scheduler,
-                        epoch=epoch,
-                        step=i + 1,
-                        batch_size=batch_size,
-                        coordinator=self.coordinator,
-                    )
-                    self.coordinator.print_on_master(
-                        f"Saved checkpoint at epoch {epoch} step {self.save_interval} at folder {self.save_dir}"
-                    )
+            if self.save_dir is not None and self.num_train_step > 0 and self.num_train_step % self.save_interval == 0:
+                # save checkpoint
+                self.coordinator.print_on_master("\nStart saving model checkpoint with running states")
+                save_checkpoint(
+                    save_dir=self.save_dir,
+                    booster=self.booster,
+                    model=self.model,
+                    optimizer=self.optimizer,
+                    lr_scheduler=self.actor_scheduler,
+                    epoch=epoch,
+                    step=self.num_train_step,
+                    batch_size=batch_size,
+                    coordinator=self.coordinator,
+                )
+                self.coordinator.print_on_master(
+                    f"Saved checkpoint at epoch {epoch} step {self.save_interval} at folder {self.save_dir}"
+                )
 
         step_bar.close()
 
@@ -356,7 +361,8 @@ def _eval(self, epoch: int):
         for tag in ["loss", "chosen_rewards", "rejected_rewards", "accuracy", "margin"]:
             msg = msg + f"{tag}: {self.accumulative_meter.get(tag)}\n"
         self.coordinator.print_on_master(msg)
-        os.makedirs(self.save_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.save_dir, f"eval_result_epoch{epoch}.txt"), "w") as f:
-            f.write(msg)
+        if self.save_dir is not None:
+            os.makedirs(self.save_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            with open(os.path.join(self.save_dir, f"eval_result_epoch{epoch}.txt"), "w") as f:
+                f.write(msg)
         step_bar.close()