diff --git a/examples/ted_en_zh/st1/local/data.sh b/examples/ted_en_zh/st1/local/data.sh
index 8b829a8a..c61c9a9f 100755
--- a/examples/ted_en_zh/st1/local/data.sh
+++ b/examples/ted_en_zh/st1/local/data.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-stage=3
+stage=-1
 stop_stage=100
 dict_dir=data/lang_char