diff --git a/extract_features.py b/extract_features.py
index 56629d1d..055759cb 100644
--- a/extract_features.py
+++ b/extract_features.py
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             linear_len = linear.shape[1]
             np.save(linear_path, linear, allow_pickle=False)
             output.insert(2, linear_path+".npy")
+            assert mel_len == linear_len
         if args.process_audio:
             audio_file = file_name + "_audio"
             audio_path = os.path.join(CACHE_PATH, 'audio', audio_file)
             np.save(audio_path, x, allow_pickle=False)
             del output[0]
             output.insert(0, audio_path+".npy")
-        assert mel_len == linear_len
         return output
 
 
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 8fe07ded..6d18e3c0 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default=False,
         help='Do not verify commit integrity to run training.')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--data_path', type=str, help='dataset path.', default='Defines the data path. It overwrites config.json.')
+        '--data_path', type=str, help='Defines the data path. It overwrites config.json.', default='')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # setup output paths and read configs