diff --git a/FlagEmbedding/abc/inference/AbsEmbedder.py b/FlagEmbedding/abc/inference/AbsEmbedder.py
index 13e74f5..2da111f 100644
--- a/FlagEmbedding/abc/inference/AbsEmbedder.py
+++ b/FlagEmbedding/abc/inference/AbsEmbedder.py
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class AbsEmbedder(ABC):
     ):
         if instruction is None: instruction = self.instruction
         if instruction_format is None: instruction_format = self.instruction_format
+        if batch_size is None: batch_size = self.batch_size
+        if max_length is None: max_length = self.passage_max_length
+        if convert_to_numpy is None: convert_to_numpy = self.convert_to_numpy
 
         if instruction is not None:
             if isinstance(sentences, str):
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/air_bench/eval_air_bench.sh b/examples/evaluation/air_bench/eval_air_bench.sh
index 8185c21..bba6bc1 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/air_bench/eval_air_bench.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/air_bench/eval_air_bench.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ eval_args="\
     --domains arxiv \
     --languages en \
     --splits dev test \
-    --output_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/air_bench/search_results \
+    --output_dir ./air_bench/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_dir $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite False \
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/beir/eval_beir.sh b/examples/evaluation/beir/eval_beir.sh
index e9415ee..8450dde 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/beir/eval_beir.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/beir/eval_beir.sh
@@ -2,24 +2,21 @@ if [ -z "$HF_HUB_CACHE" ]; then
     export HF_HUB_CACHE="$HOME/.cache/huggingface/hub"
 fi
 
-HF_HUB_CACHE="/share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/BEIR"
-HF_MODEL_CACHE="/share/shared_models"
-
 dataset_names="fiqa arguana cqadupstack"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name beir \
-    --dataset_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/beir \
+    --dataset_dir ./beir/data \
     --dataset_names $dataset_names \
     --splits test dev \
-    --corpus_embd_save_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/beir/corpus_embd \
-    --output_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/beir/search_results \
+    --corpus_embd_save_dir ./beir/corpus_embd \
+    --output_dir ./beir/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_path $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite False \
     --k_values 10 100 \
     --eval_output_method markdown \
-    --eval_output_path /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/beir/beir_eval_results.md \
+    --eval_output_path ./beir/beir_eval_results.md \
     --eval_metrics ndcg_at_10 recall_at_100 \
 "
 
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/miracl/eval_miracl.sh b/examples/evaluation/miracl/eval_miracl.sh
index dfc39bc..573533b 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/miracl/eval_miracl.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/miracl/eval_miracl.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ dataset_names="bn hi sw te th yo"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name miracl \
-    --dataset_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/miracl/data \
+    --dataset_dir ./miracl/data \
     --dataset_names $dataset_names \
     --splits dev \
-    --corpus_embd_save_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/miracl/corpus_embd \
-    --output_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/miracl/search_results \
+    --corpus_embd_save_dir ./miracl/corpus_embd \
+    --output_dir ./miracl/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_path $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite False \
     --k_values 10 100 \
     --eval_output_method markdown \
-    --eval_output_path /share/jianlv/evaluation/miracl/miracl_eval_results.md \
+    --eval_output_path ./miracl/miracl_eval_results.md \
     --eval_metrics ndcg_at_10 recall_at_100 \
 "
 
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/mkqa/eval_mkqa.sh b/examples/evaluation/mkqa/eval_mkqa.sh
index 81c5967..bee8f16 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/mkqa/eval_mkqa.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/mkqa/eval_mkqa.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ dataset_names="en zh_cn"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name mkqa \
-    --dataset_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mkqa/data \
+    --dataset_dir ./mkqa/data \
     --dataset_names $dataset_names \
     --splits test \
-    --corpus_embd_save_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mkqa/corpus_embd \
-    --output_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mkqa/search_results \
+    --corpus_embd_save_dir ./mkqa/corpus_embd \
+    --output_dir ./mkqa/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_path $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite False \
     --k_values 20 \
     --eval_output_method markdown \
-    --eval_output_path /share/jianlv/evaluation/mkqa/mkqa_eval_results.md \
+    --eval_output_path ./mkqa/mkqa_eval_results.md \
     --eval_metrics qa_recall_at_20 \
 "
 
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/mldr/eval_mldr.sh b/examples/evaluation/mldr/eval_mldr.sh
index cbf1ebc..0ca4b27 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/mldr/eval_mldr.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/mldr/eval_mldr.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ dataset_names="hi"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name mldr \
-    --dataset_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mldr/data \
+    --dataset_dir ./mldr/data \
     --dataset_names $dataset_names \
     --splits test \
-    --corpus_embd_save_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mldr/corpus_embd \
-    --output_dir /share/jianlv/evaluation/mldr/search_results \
+    --corpus_embd_save_dir ./mldr/corpus_embd \
+    --output_dir ./mldr/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_path $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite False \
     --k_values 10 100 \
     --eval_output_method markdown \
-    --eval_output_path /share/jianlv/evaluation/mldr/mldr_eval_results.md \
+    --eval_output_path ./mldr/mldr_eval_results.md \
     --eval_metrics ndcg_at_10 \
 "
 
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/msmarco/eval_msmarco.sh b/examples/evaluation/msmarco/eval_msmarco.sh
index b7dd1ab..ba87c90 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/msmarco/eval_msmarco.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/msmarco/eval_msmarco.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,21 @@ if [ -z "$HF_HUB_CACHE" ]; then
     export HF_HUB_CACHE="$HOME/.cache/huggingface/hub"
 fi
 
-HF_HUB_CACHE="/share/shared_models"
-
 dataset_names="passage"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name msmarco \
-    --dataset_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/msmarco \
+    --dataset_dir ./msmarco/data \
     --dataset_names $dataset_names \
     --splits dev \
-    --corpus_embd_save_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/msmarco/corpus_embd \
-    --output_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/msmarco/search_results \
+    --corpus_embd_save_dir ./msmarco/corpus_embd \
+    --output_dir ./msmarco/search_results \
     --search_top_k 1000 --rerank_top_k 100 \
     --cache_path $HF_HUB_CACHE \
     --overwrite True \
     --k_values 10 100 \
     --eval_output_method markdown \
-    --eval_output_path /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/msmarco/msmarco_eval_results.md \
+    --eval_output_path ./msmarco/msmarco_eval_results.md \
     --eval_metrics ndcg_at_10 recall_at_100 \
 "
 
diff --git a/examples/evaluation/mteb/eval_mteb.sh b/examples/evaluation/mteb/eval_mteb.sh
index 5268148..fe6c3e9 100644
--- a/examples/evaluation/mteb/eval_mteb.sh
+++ b/examples/evaluation/mteb/eval_mteb.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@ if [ -z "$HF_HUB_CACHE" ]; then
     export HF_HUB_CACHE="$HOME/.cache/huggingface/hub"
 fi
 
-HF_HUB_CACHE="/share/shared_models"
-
 languages="eng"
 tasks="NFCorpus BiorxivClusteringS2S SciDocsRR"
 
 eval_args="\
     --eval_name mteb \
-    --output_dir /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/mteb/search_results \
+    --output_dir ./mteb/search_results \
     --languages $languages \
     --tasks $tasks \
-    --eval_output_path /share/chaofan/code/FlagEmbedding_update/data/mteb/mteb_eval_results.json
+    --eval_output_path ./mteb/mteb_eval_results.json
 "
 
 model_args="\
diff --git a/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/base.sh b/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/base.sh
index 7c1d72f..8aeb1ad 100644
--- a/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/base.sh
+++ b/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/base.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ training_args="\
 "
 
 cmd="torchrun --nproc_per_node $num_gpus \
-    --master_port=4567 \
     -m FlagEmbedding.finetune.reranker.decoder_only.base \
     $model_args \
     $data_args \
diff --git a/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/layerwise.sh b/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/layerwise.sh
index 94ebc7f..635bc50 100644
--- a/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/layerwise.sh
+++ b/examples/finetune/reranker/decoder_only/layerwise.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ training_args="\
 "
 
 cmd="torchrun --nproc_per_node $num_gpus \
-    --master_port=4567 \
     -m FlagEmbedding.finetune.reranker.decoder_only.layerwise \
     $model_args \
     $data_args \