diff --git a/configs/face_2d_keypoint/topdown_regression/wflw/td-reg_res50_8x64e-210e_wflw-256x256.py b/configs/face_2d_keypoint/topdown_regression/wflw/td-reg_res50_8x64e-210e_wflw-256x256.py
index ecee86e66c..8d6791ec65 100644
--- a/configs/face_2d_keypoint/topdown_regression/wflw/td-reg_res50_8x64e-210e_wflw-256x256.py
+++ b/configs/face_2d_keypoint/topdown_regression/wflw/td-reg_res50_8x64e-210e_wflw-256x256.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 test_dataloader = val_dataloader
 
 # hooks
-default_hooks = dict(checkpoint=dict(save_best='NME', rule='greater'))
+default_hooks = dict(checkpoint=dict(save_best='NME', rule='less'))
 
 # evaluators
 val_evaluator = dict(