diff --git a/pre.py b/pre.py
index fbec51a..1d78a12 100644
--- a/pre.py
+++ b/pre.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     del args.no_trim, args.encoder_model_fpath
    
     args.hparams = hparams.parse(args.hparams)
-
+    n_processes_embed = args.n_processes_embed
+    del args.n_processes_embed
     preprocess_dataset(**vars(args))
     
-    create_embeddings(synthesizer_root=args.out_dir, n_processes=args.n_processes_embed, encoder_model_fpath=encoder_model_fpath)    
+    create_embeddings(synthesizer_root=args.out_dir, n_processes=n_processes_embed, encoder_model_fpath=encoder_model_fpath)