diff --git a/checkpoint_engine/ps.py b/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
index b5512c3..d25b750 100644
--- a/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
+++ b/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ def __init__(
         auto_pg: bool = True,
         gpu_count: int | None = None,
         mem_fraction: float | None = None,
+        master_addr: str | None = None,
+        master_port: int | None = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the parameter server. env RANK, WORLD_SIZE and MASTER_ADDR must be set.
@@ -228,6 +230,17 @@ def __init__(
         self._device_uuid = _get_physical_gpu_id(self.device_manager, device_index)
         self._rdma_device = None if self._p2p_store is None else self._p2p_store.device
 
+        master_addr = master_addr or os.getenv("MASTER_ADDR")
+        assert master_addr, "master_addr is required"
+        self._store = torch.distributed.TCPStore(
+            master_addr,
+            _get_master_port(master_port),
+            self._world_size,
+            timeout=timedelta(minutes=10),
+            is_master=self._rank == 0,
+        )
+        self._store_counter = 0
+
     def _get_memory_pool(self, checkpoint_name: str) -> list[MemoryBuffer]:
         if checkpoint_name == self._current_shared_memory_pool_user:
             assert self._memory_pool[self.shared_memory_pool_name], (
@@ -487,8 +500,6 @@ def gather_metas(self, checkpoint_name: str):
     def init_process_group(
         self,
         *,
-        master_addr: str | None = None,
-        master_port: int | None = None,
         timeout: timedelta = timedelta(minutes=10),
     ):
         """
@@ -498,27 +509,18 @@ def init_process_group(
             master_port: The specified port of the master node. If not set, will use _get_master_port to get the port.
             timeout: The timeout of the process group.
         """
-        master_addr = master_addr or os.getenv("MASTER_ADDR")
-        assert master_addr, "master_addr is required"
-        store = dist.TCPStore(
-            master_addr,
-            _get_master_port(master_port),
-            self._world_size,
-            timeout=timeout,
-            is_master=self._rank == 0,
-        )
+        self._store_counter += 1
+        sub_store = torch.distributed.PrefixStore(f"prefix-{self._store_counter}", self._store)
         dist.init_process_group(
             backend=self.device_manager.backend,
             world_size=self._world_size,
             rank=self._rank,
             timeout=timeout,
-            store=store,
+            store=sub_store,
         )
         logger.info(f"[rank{self._rank}] init process group successfully.")
 
-    def store_based_barrier(
-        self, store: dist.TCPStore, timeout: timedelta = timedelta(minutes=5)
-    ) -> None:
+    def store_based_barrier(self, timeout: timedelta = timedelta(minutes=5)) -> None:
         """
         Perform a store-based barrier synchronization across all ranks.
 
@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@ def store_based_barrier(
         """
         dist.distributed_c10d._store_based_barrier(
             rank=self._rank,
-            store=store,
+            store=self._store,
             group_name="parameter_server_barrier",
             rendezvous_count=self._world_size,
             timeout=timeout,
@@ -544,8 +546,6 @@ def update(
         *,
         timeout: timedelta = timedelta(minutes=10),
         ranks: list[int] | None = None,
-        master_addr: str | None = None,
-        master_port: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Update the checkpoint to inference engine. This function should be called after gather_metas.
@@ -566,28 +566,12 @@ def update(
         assert req_func is not None, "req_func is required"
         ranks_group = None
         try:
-            master_addr = os.getenv("MASTER_ADDR") or master_addr
-            assert master_addr, "master_addr is required"
-            if self._auto_pg:
-                if not dist.is_initialized():
-                    self.init_process_group(
-                        timeout=timeout, master_addr=master_addr, master_port=master_port
-                    )
-                manager_store = dist.distributed_c10d._get_default_store()
-            else:
-                # HACK: MASTER_PORT+2 for barrier store if master_port is not provided, _get_master_port() returns MASTER_PORT+1
-                # If master_port is provided, use master_port+1 for barrier store
-                manager_store = dist.TCPStore(
-                    master_addr,
-                    _get_master_port(master_port) + 1,
-                    self._world_size,
-                    timeout=timeout,
-                    is_master=self._rank == 0,
-                )
+            if self._auto_pg and not dist.is_initialized():
+                self.init_process_group(timeout=timeout)
             # if ranks is None or [], it will use fully broadcast to update to all ranks
             ranks_group = dist.new_group(ranks) if ranks else None
             self._update_per_bucket(checkpoint_name, req_func, ranks_group, ranks)
-            self.store_based_barrier(manager_store)
+            self.store_based_barrier()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(
                 f"[rank{self._rank}] update checkpoint {checkpoint_name} with ranks {ranks} error {e}"
diff --git a/tests/test_reuse_pin_memory.py b/tests/test_reuse_pin_memory.py
index bb698b7..c2fb325 100644
--- a/tests/test_reuse_pin_memory.py
+++ b/tests/test_reuse_pin_memory.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ def generate_dummy_checkpoint() -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
 def test_register_pin_memory():
     os.environ["RANK"] = "0"
     os.environ["WORLD_SIZE"] = "1"
+    os.environ["MASTER_ADDR"] = "localhost"
+    os.environ["MASTER_PORT"] = "25400"
     ps = ParameterServer()
     checkpoint1 = generate_dummy_checkpoint()
     checkpoint_shared1 = generate_dummy_checkpoint()