diff --git a/qlib/finco/conf.py b/qlib/finco/conf.py
index 29a7e43471..85e02e2cc6 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/conf.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/conf.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # TODO: use pydantic for other modules in Qlib
 from pydantic import BaseSettings
-from qlib.finco.utils import Singleton
+from qlib.finco.utils import SingletonBaseClass
 
 import os
 
 
-class Config(Singleton):
+class Config(SingletonBaseClass):
     """
     This config is for fast demo purpose.
     Please use BaseSettings insetead in the future
diff --git a/qlib/finco/llm.py b/qlib/finco/llm.py
index 08df6e0617..2a42a1d982 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/llm.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/llm.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 import json
 from typing import Optional
 from qlib.finco.conf import Config
-from qlib.finco.utils import Singleton
+from qlib.finco.utils import SingletonBaseClass
 from qlib.finco.log import FinCoLog
 
 
-class APIBackend(Singleton):
+class APIBackend(SingletonBaseClass):
     def __init__(self):
         self.cfg = Config()
         openai.api_key = self.cfg.openai_api_key
diff --git a/qlib/finco/log.py b/qlib/finco/log.py
index 03d88db114..7d4b681183 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/log.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/log.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from typing import Dict, List
-from qlib.finco.utils import Singleton
+from qlib.finco.utils import SingletonBaseClass
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def formatting_log(logger, title="Info"):
     logger.info("")
 
 
-class FinCoLog(Singleton):
+class FinCoLog(SingletonBaseClass):
     # TODO:
     # - config to file logger and save it into workspace
     def __init__(self) -> None:
diff --git a/qlib/finco/prompt_template.py b/qlib/finco/prompt_template.py
index 0efa9576a5..c056db5911 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/prompt_template.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/prompt_template.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 from jinja2 import Template
 import yaml
 
-from qlib.finco.utils import Singleton
+from qlib.finco.utils import SingletonBaseClass
 from qlib.finco import get_finco_path
 
 
-class PromptTemplate(Singleton):
+class PromptTemplate(SingletonBaseClass):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         _template = yaml.load(open(Path.joinpath(get_finco_path(), "prompt_template.yaml"), "r"),
diff --git a/qlib/finco/task.py b/qlib/finco/task.py
index 5e61c81d0b..d9db799b87 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/task.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/task.py
@@ -723,9 +723,9 @@ def execute(self):
         # TODO hotfix for the bug that the record signalrecord config is not updated
         for record in target_config['task']['record']:
             if record['class'] == 'SignalRecord':
-                if 'model' in record['kwargs']:
+                if 'kwargs' in record and 'model' in record['kwargs']:
                     del record['kwargs']["model"]
-                if 'dataset' in record['kwargs']:
+                if 'kwargs' in record and 'dataset' in record['kwargs']:
                     del record['kwargs']["dataset"]
         
         # 4) save the config file
diff --git a/qlib/finco/utils.py b/qlib/finco/utils.py
index 4741eb69a2..305f71994d 100644
--- a/qlib/finco/utils.py
+++ b/qlib/finco/utils.py
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
 
 
-class Singleton:
+class Singleton(type):
     _instance = None
 
-    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = super().__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+            cls._instance = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)  
         return cls._instance
 
+class SingletonBaseClass(metaclass=Singleton):  
+    pass
 
 def parse_json(response):
     try: