diff --git a/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py b/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
index 8cb8070594..030224d7de 100644
--- a/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
+++ b/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def compress(
         int(frequency),
     ]
     jdata["training"]["save_ckpt"] = "model-compression/model.ckpt"
+    jdata = updata_deepmd_input(jdata)
     jdata = normalize(jdata)
 
     # check the descriptor info of the input file
@@ -146,4 +147,4 @@ def _check_compress_type(model_file):
         t_model_type = None
     
     if t_model_type == "compressed_model":
-        raise RuntimeError("The input frozen model %s has already been compressed! Please do not compress the model repeatedly. " % model_file)
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+        raise RuntimeError("The input frozen model %s has already been compressed! Please do not compress the model repeatedly. " % model_file)