diff --git a/qlib/__init__.py b/qlib/__init__.py
index 3989b3692..19a7e09af 100644
--- a/qlib/__init__.py
+++ b/qlib/__init__.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def auto_init(**kwargs):
     except FileNotFoundError:
         init(**kwargs)
     else:
+        logger = get_module_logger("Initialization")
         conf_pp = pp / "config.yaml"
         with conf_pp.open() as f:
             conf = yaml.safe_load(f)
@@ -263,7 +264,13 @@ def auto_init(**kwargs):
             # - The shared configure may be updated later and you don't want to copy it.
             # - You have some customized config.
             qlib_conf_path = conf.get("qlib_cfg", None)
+
+            # merge the arguments
             qlib_conf_update = conf.get("qlib_cfg_update", {})
-            init_from_yaml_conf(qlib_conf_path, **qlib_conf_update, **kwargs)
-        logger = get_module_logger("Initialization")
+            for k, v in kwargs.items():
+                if k in qlib_conf_update:
+                    logger.warning(f"`qlib_conf_update` from conf_pp is override by `kwargs` on key '{k}'")
+            qlib_conf_update.update(kwargs)
+
+            init_from_yaml_conf(qlib_conf_path, **qlib_conf_update)
         logger.info(f"Auto load project config: {conf_pp}")
diff --git a/qlib/workflow/task/collect.py b/qlib/workflow/task/collect.py
index 467281666..13fcd0202 100644
--- a/qlib/workflow/task/collect.py
+++ b/qlib/workflow/task/collect.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Collector module can collect objects from everywhere and process them such as merging, grouping, averaging and so on.
 """
 
+from libs.qlib.qlib.log import TimeInspector
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List
 from qlib.log import get_module_logger
 from qlib.utils.serial import Serializable
@@ -190,7 +191,9 @@ class RecorderCollector(Collector):
 
         collect_dict = {}
         # filter records
-        recs = self.experiment.list_recorders(**self.list_kwargs)
+
+        with TimeInspector.logt("Time to `list_recorders` in RecorderCollector"):
+            recs = self.experiment.list_recorders(**self.list_kwargs)
         recs_flt = {}
         for rid, rec in recs.items():
             if rec_filter_func is None or rec_filter_func(rec):