diff --git a/official/nlp/q8bert/scripts/run_standalone_train.sh b/official/nlp/q8bert/scripts/run_standalone_train.sh
index bc78509fcb006f61892517eaaa3c8addd8622865..52ef0070512e9a0fbea0be3c3216cafe59d46671 100644
--- a/official/nlp/q8bert/scripts/run_standalone_train.sh
+++ b/official/nlp/q8bert/scripts/run_standalone_train.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PROJECT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit; pwd)
 CUR_DIR=`pwd`
 export GLOG_log_dir=${CUR_DIR}/ms_log
 export GLOG_logtostderr=0
+export MS_COMPILER_OP_LEVEL=1
 
 python ${PROJECT_DIR}/../train.py \
     --task_name=$task_name \