diff --git a/flagscale/auto_tuner/record/recorder.py b/flagscale/auto_tuner/record/recorder.py
index 38c755953..d629735e0 100644
--- a/flagscale/auto_tuner/record/recorder.py
+++ b/flagscale/auto_tuner/record/recorder.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         )
         # Metric to grep in the last rank of last node log file
         if (
-            "auto_tuner" in self.config
+            "auto_tuner" in self.config.experiment
             and "performance" in self.config.experiment.auto_tuner
         ):
             self.metric = self.config.experiment.auto_tuner.performance.get(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
 
         # Sort order of performance, order just in [ascend, and descend], default ascend
         if (
-            "auto_tuner" in self.config
+            "auto_tuner" in self.config.experiment
             and "performance" in self.config.experiment.auto_tuner
         ):
             self.sorted_order = self.config.experiment.auto_tuner.performance.get(