diff --git a/fast_llm/engine/distributed/distributed.py b/fast_llm/engine/distributed/distributed.py
index d93e17d1c..7b9d1e75d 100644
--- a/fast_llm/engine/distributed/distributed.py
+++ b/fast_llm/engine/distributed/distributed.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: DistributedConfig, use_cpu: bool = False):
                 self._config.local_world_size,
                 self._config.timeout,
                 use_cpu,
-                self._config.backend,
+                backend=self._config.backend,
             )
         else:
             self._pool = _default_pool