diff --git a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/frontend_base.py b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/frontend_base.py
index 4cc1edf0..442a708d 100644
--- a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/frontend_base.py
+++ b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/frontend_base.py
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ class EVTFrontendBase:
         "reshape": reshape
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, element_compute=DataType.f32, cc=None, additional_passes=[], **kwargs) -> None:
-        self.cc = cc if cc else device_cc()
+    def __init__(self, cc, element_compute=DataType.f32, additional_passes=[], **kwargs) -> None:
+        self.cc = cc
         self.element_compute = library_type(element_compute)
-        self.dag_ir = DAGIR(self.element_compute, self.cc)
+        self.dag_ir = DAGIR(self.cc, self.element_compute)
         self.compute_cnt = 0
         self.layout_cnt = 0
 
diff --git a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/python_ast.py b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/python_ast.py
index 0af934a6..14827812 100644
--- a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/python_ast.py
+++ b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/frontend/python_ast.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ from cutlass.backend.library import FunctionalOp
 
 
 class PythonASTFrontend(EVTFrontendBase, ast.NodeVisitor):
-    def __init__(self, element_compute=DataType.f32, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(element_compute, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, cc, element_compute=DataType.f32, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(cc, element_compute, **kwargs)
         # Flags
         # If this state is True, visit_Constant returns values without creating imm node
         self.no_imm = False
diff --git a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/ir/dag_ir.py b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/ir/dag_ir.py
index ce8c3d64..16281d34 100644
--- a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/ir/dag_ir.py
+++ b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/ir/dag_ir.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class DAGIR:
 
     In the DAGIR, ``node`` is an string of its name. ``node_meta`` is the underlying class of the node
     """
-    def __init__(self, element_compute=DataType.f32, cc: int=None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, cc, element_compute=DataType.f32) -> None:
         # The EVT DAGIR is managed through the nextworkX Digraph class
         self._graph = nx.DiGraph()
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class DAGIR:
 
         self.reduction_names = []
 
-        self.cc = cc if cc else device_cc()
+        self.cc = cc
 
     #
     # IR manipulator
diff --git a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/passes/pass_dag_2_tree.py b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/passes/pass_dag_2_tree.py
index 5783e9b0..91eb2054 100644
--- a/python/cutlass/backend/evt/passes/pass_dag_2_tree.py
+++ b/python/cutlass/backend/evt/passes/pass_dag_2_tree.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class PassDAG2Tree(EVTPassBase):
 
                 # Create the subgraph
                 subgraph_ = self.dag_ir._graph.subgraph(new_subgraph_nodes)
-                subgraph = DAGIR()
+                subgraph = DAGIR(self.dag_ir.cc)
                 for node in subgraph_.nodes:
                     meta = deepcopy(self.dag_ir.get_node_meta(node))
                     if node not in node_to_fuse:
diff --git a/python/cutlass/epilogue/epilogue.py b/python/cutlass/epilogue/epilogue.py
index b1dcfa4f..76c75e20 100644
--- a/python/cutlass/epilogue/epilogue.py
+++ b/python/cutlass/epilogue/epilogue.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ code like the following for GEMM:
     plan.activation = cutlass.epilogue.relu
 """
 
-from cutlass.backend import epilogue
+from cutlass.backend import epilogue, device_cc
 
 
 gelu = epilogue.gelu
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ def trace(fn, example_tensors, **kwargs):
     """
     if callable(fn):
         class EpilogueFunctor(PythonASTFrontend):
-            def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-                super().__init__(**kwargs)
+            def __init__(self, cc=None, **kwargs):
+                if not cc:
+                    cc = device_cc()
+                super().__init__(cc, **kwargs)
             pass
         setattr(EpilogueFunctor, "__call__", staticmethod(fn))