diff --git a/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py b/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
index caf19cef63..742c10ed98 100644
--- a/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
+++ b/deepmd/entrypoints/compress.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def compress(
         else:
             log.info("stage 0: compute the min_nbor_dist")
             jdata = j_loader(training_script)
+            jdata = update_deepmd_input(jdata)
             t_min_nbor_dist = get_min_nbor_dist(jdata, get_rcut(jdata))
 
     _check_compress_type(input)