diff --git a/.dev_scripts/dockerci.sh b/.dev_scripts/dockerci.sh
index e76f2f14..af94b211 100644
--- a/.dev_scripts/dockerci.sh
+++ b/.dev_scripts/dockerci.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ do
              -e TEST_ACCESS_TOKEN_SDKDEV=$TEST_ACCESS_TOKEN_SDKDEV \
              -e TEST_LEVEL=$TEST_LEVEL \
              -e TEST_UPLOAD_MS_TOKEN=$TEST_UPLOAD_MS_TOKEN \
+             -e MODEL_TAG_URL=$MODEL_TAG_URL \
              --workdir=$CODE_DIR_IN_CONTAINER \
              --net host  \
              ${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_VERSION} \
diff --git a/modelscope/utils/device.py b/modelscope/utils/device.py
index 40804970..33c0910d 100644
--- a/modelscope/utils/device.py
+++ b/modelscope/utils/device.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ def verify_device(device_name):
     Return:
         device info (tuple):  device_type and device_id, if device_id is not set, will use 0 as default.
     """
-    device_name = device_name.lower()
     err_msg = 'device should be either cpu, cuda, gpu, gpu:X or cuda:X where X is the ordinal for gpu device.'
     assert device_name is not None and device_name != '', err_msg
+    device_name = device_name.lower()
     eles = device_name.split(':')
     assert len(eles) <= 2, err_msg
     assert device_name is not None
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_device.py b/tests/utils/test_device.py
index 4def9915..0d334fda 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_device.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_device.py
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ class DeviceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
             verify_device('xgu')
 
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            verify_device('')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            verify_device(None)
+
     def test_create_device_torch(self):
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             target_device_type = 'cuda'