diff --git a/modelscope/pipelines/builder.py b/modelscope/pipelines/builder.py
index 79459161..9f2a50b0 100644
--- a/modelscope/pipelines/builder.py
+++ b/modelscope/pipelines/builder.py
@@ -108,30 +108,7 @@ def pipeline(task: str = None,
     """
     if task is None and pipeline_name is None:
         raise ValueError('task or pipeline_name is required')
-    prefer_llm_pipeline = kwargs.get('external_engine_for_llm')
-    if task is not None and task.lower() in [
-            Tasks.text_generation, Tasks.chat
-    ]:
-        # if not specified, prefer llm pipeline for aforementioned tasks
-        if prefer_llm_pipeline is None:
-            prefer_llm_pipeline = True
-    # for llm pipeline, if llm_framework is not specified, default to swift instead
-    # TODO: port the swift infer based on transformer into ModelScope
-    if prefer_llm_pipeline and kwargs.get('llm_framework') is None:
-        kwargs['llm_framework'] = 'swift'
-    third_party = kwargs.get(ThirdParty.KEY)
-    if third_party is not None:
-        kwargs.pop(ThirdParty.KEY)
-    if pipeline_name is None and prefer_llm_pipeline:
-        pipeline_name = external_engine_for_llm_checker(
-            model, model_revision, kwargs)
-    if pipeline_name is None:
-        model = normalize_model_input(
-            model,
-            model_revision,
-            third_party=third_party,
-            ignore_file_pattern=ignore_file_pattern)
-    pipeline_props = {'type': pipeline_name}
+
     if pipeline_name is None:
         # get default pipeline for this task
         if isinstance(model, str) \
@@ -142,16 +119,45 @@ def pipeline(task: str = None,
                     model, revision=model_revision) if isinstance(
                         model, str) else read_config(
                             model[0], revision=model_revision)
-                register_plugins_repo(cfg.safe_get('plugins'))
-                register_modelhub_repo(model, cfg.get('allow_remote', False))
-                pipeline_name = external_engine_for_llm_checker(
-                    model, model_revision,
-                    kwargs) if prefer_llm_pipeline else None
-                if pipeline_name is not None:
+                if cfg:
+                    pipeline_name = cfg.safe_get('pipeline', {}).get('type', None)
+
+                if pipeline_name is None:
+                    prefer_llm_pipeline = kwargs.get('external_engine_for_llm')
+                    # if not specified in both args and configuration.json, prefer llm pipeline for aforementioned tasks
+                    if task is not None and task.lower() in [
+                            Tasks.text_generation, Tasks.chat
+                    ]:
+                        if prefer_llm_pipeline is None:
+                            prefer_llm_pipeline = True
+                    # for llm pipeline, if llm_framework is not specified, default to swift instead
+                    # TODO: port the swift infer based on transformer into ModelScope
+                    if prefer_llm_pipeline:
+                        if kwargs.get('llm_framework') is None:
+                            kwargs['llm_framework'] = 'swift'
+                        pipeline_name = external_engine_for_llm_checker(
+                            model, model_revision, kwargs)
+
+                if pipeline_name is None or pipeline_name != 'llm':
+                    third_party = kwargs.get(ThirdParty.KEY)
+                    if third_party is not None:
+                        kwargs.pop(ThirdParty.KEY)
+
+                    model = normalize_model_input(
+                        model,
+                        model_revision,
+                        third_party=third_party,
+                        ignore_file_pattern=ignore_file_pattern)
+
+                    register_plugins_repo(cfg.safe_get('plugins'))
+                    register_modelhub_repo(model, cfg.get('allow_remote', False))
+
+                if pipeline_name:
                     pipeline_props = {'type': pipeline_name}
                 else:
                     check_config(cfg)
                     pipeline_props = cfg.pipeline
+
         elif model is not None:
             # get pipeline info from Model object
             first_model = model[0] if isinstance(model, list) else model
diff --git a/modelscope/utils/hub.py b/modelscope/utils/hub.py
index 39ca644a..79df8545 100644
--- a/modelscope/utils/hub.py
+++ b/modelscope/utils/hub.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def read_config(model_id_or_path: str,
         local_path = os.path.join(model_id_or_path, ModelFile.CONFIGURATION)
     elif os.path.isfile(model_id_or_path):
         local_path = model_id_or_path
+    else:
+        return None
 
     return Config.from_file(local_path)