diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
index c69a7b7..7966526 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/engine/trainer.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class BaseTrainer:
             # Command
             cmd, file = generate_ddp_command(world_size, self)
             try:
-                LOGGER.info(f'Running DDP command {cmd}')
+                LOGGER.info(f'DDP command: {cmd}')
                 subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
             except Exception as e:
                 raise e
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class BaseTrainer:
         """Initializes and sets the DistributedDataParallel parameters for training."""
         torch.cuda.set_device(RANK)
         self.device = torch.device('cuda', RANK)
-        LOGGER.info(f'DDP settings: RANK {RANK}, WORLD_SIZE {world_size}, DEVICE {self.device}')
+        LOGGER.info(f'DDP info: RANK {RANK}, WORLD_SIZE {world_size}, DEVICE {self.device}')
         os.environ['NCCL_BLOCKING_WAIT'] = '1'  # set to enforce timeout
         dist.init_process_group('nccl' if dist.is_nccl_available() else 'gloo',
                                 timeout=timedelta(seconds=3600),
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/dist.py b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/dist.py
index edd484a..6de029f 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/utils/dist.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/utils/dist.py
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ def generate_ddp_file(trainer):
     """Generates a DDP file and returns its file name."""
     module, name = f'{trainer.__class__.__module__}.{trainer.__class__.__name__}'.rsplit('.', 1)
 
-    content = f'''cfg = {vars(trainer.args)} \nif __name__ == "__main__":
+    content = f'''overrides = {vars(trainer.args)} \nif __name__ == "__main__":
     from {module} import {name}
+    from ultralytics.yolo.utils import DEFAULT_CFG_DICT
 
-    trainer = {name}(cfg=cfg)
+    cfg = DEFAULT_CFG_DICT.copy()
+    cfg.update(save_dir='')   # handle the extra key 'save_dir'
+    trainer = {name}(cfg=cfg, overrides=overrides)
     trainer.train()'''
     (USER_CONFIG_DIR / 'DDP').mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='_temp_',
@@ -54,9 +57,7 @@ def generate_ddp_command(world_size, trainer):
         file = generate_ddp_file(trainer)
     dist_cmd = 'torch.distributed.run' if TORCH_1_9 else 'torch.distributed.launch'
     port = find_free_network_port()
-    exclude_args = ['save_dir']
-    args = [f'{k}={v}' for k, v in vars(trainer.args).items() if k not in exclude_args]
-    cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', dist_cmd, '--nproc_per_node', f'{world_size}', '--master_port', f'{port}', file] + args
+    cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', dist_cmd, '--nproc_per_node', f'{world_size}', '--master_port', f'{port}', file]
     return cmd, file
 
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
index cc752b8..2949644 100644
--- a/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
+++ b/ultralytics/yolo/v8/classify/train.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ClassificationTrainer(BaseTrainer):
         if overrides is None:
             overrides = {}
         overrides['task'] = 'classify'
-        if overrides.get('imgsz') is None and cfg['imgsz'] == DEFAULT_CFG.imgsz == 640:
+        if overrides.get('imgsz') is None:
             overrides['imgsz'] = 224
         super().__init__(cfg, overrides, _callbacks)