diff --git a/tests/lib.sh b/tests/lib.sh
index 978f080e..86b69f4e 100755
--- a/tests/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/lib.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ SRCDIR=`dirname $0`
 
 
 on_error () {
-    rm -fr $workdir
-    rm -rf $SRCDIR/torch-shm-file-*
+  rm -fr $workdir
+  rm -rf $SRCDIR/torch-shm-file-*
 }
 
 # allow faster local testing
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 export SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS_HOME="$EMBEDDING_DIR"
+# parameters that are commonly passed to `genienlp train` test cases
+export SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS="--embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR --exist_ok --no_commit --preserve_case --save_every 2 --log_every 2 --val_every 2"
 
 TMPDIR=`pwd`
 workdir=`mktemp -d $TMPDIR/genieNLP-tests-XXXXXX`
diff --git a/tests/test_NED.sh b/tests/test_NED.sh
index af1507e9..03db0615 100755
--- a/tests/test_NED.sh
+++ b/tests/test_NED.sh
@@ -16,21 +16,15 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond_dialogue_nlu \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 6 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --database_dir $SRCDIR/database/ \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/thingpedia_99/ \
     --bootleg_output_dir $SRCDIR/dataset/thingpedia_99/bootleg/ \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit \
     --do_ned \
     --min_entity_len 2 \
     --max_entity_len 4 \
diff --git a/tests/test_calibration.sh b/tests/test_calibration.sh
index a3e07106..849b435b 100644
--- a/tests/test_calibration.sh
+++ b/tests/test_calibration.sh
@@ -10,19 +10,13 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 6 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit \
     $hparams
 
   # greedy prediction
diff --git a/tests/test_cuda.sh b/tests/test_cuda.sh
index 5c5e4b1e..5850ab71 100755
--- a/tests/test_cuda.sh
+++ b/tests/test_cuda.sh
@@ -10,19 +10,13 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 2 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit \
     $hparams
 
   # generate a long sequence
diff --git a/tests/test_e2e_dialogues.sh b/tests/test_e2e_dialogues.sh
index 3d4ecb98..619079ff 100755
--- a/tests/test_e2e_dialogues.sh
+++ b/tests/test_e2e_dialogues.sh
@@ -19,20 +19,14 @@ for i in ${!hparams[*]};
 do
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks ${tasks[i]} \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 300 \
     --train_iterations 4 \
     --min_output_length 2 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
-    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit ${hparams[i]}
+    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod
 
   # greedy prediction
   genienlp predict \
diff --git a/tests/test_kfserver.sh b/tests/test_kfserver.sh
index b9a1ddfd..f821a528 100644
--- a/tests/test_kfserver.sh
+++ b/tests/test_kfserver.sh
@@ -10,19 +10,13 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 6 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit \
     $hparams
 
   # run kfserver in background
diff --git a/tests/test_main_almond.sh b/tests/test_main_almond.sh
index 89614463..5c669afc 100755
--- a/tests/test_main_almond.sh
+++ b/tests/test_main_almond.sh
@@ -15,18 +15,13 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 4 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/  \
-    --exist_ok  \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit \
     $hparams
 
   # greedy prediction
diff --git a/tests/test_paraphrasing.sh b/tests/test_paraphrasing.sh
index 74c9474d..1ebd6333 100755
--- a/tests/test_paraphrasing.sh
+++ b/tests/test_paraphrasing.sh
@@ -10,21 +10,15 @@ for model in \
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks almond_natural_seq2seq \
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 6 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
     --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ \
     --model TransformerSeq2Seq \
-    --pretrained_model $model \
-    --exist_ok  \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-    --no_commit
+    --pretrained_model $model
 
   # greedy prediction
   genienlp predict \
diff --git a/tests/test_sequence_classification.sh b/tests/test_sequence_classification.sh
index 06a0e235..d3e9a75a 100755
--- a/tests/test_sequence_classification.sh
+++ b/tests/test_sequence_classification.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,20 @@
 
 # Test ood task
 # train
-genienlp train --train_tasks ood_task --model TransformerForSequenceClassification --pretrained_model distilbert-base-uncased --min_output_length 1 --save $workdir/model --train_iterations 20 --save_every 10 --log_every 10 --val_every 10 --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ood/  --force_fast_tokenizer --train_batch_tokens 200 --num_print 0
+genienlp train \
+  --train_tasks ood_task \
+  --model TransformerForSequenceClassification \
+  --pretrained_model distilbert-base-uncased \
+  --min_output_length 1 \
+  --save $workdir/model \
+  --train_iterations 20 \
+  --save_every 10 \
+  --log_every 10 \
+  --val_every 10 \
+  --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ood/ \
+  --force_fast_tokenizer \
+  --train_batch_tokens 200 \
+  --num_print 0
 
 # greedy prediction
 genienlp predict --tasks ood_task --evaluate valid --pred_set_name eval --path $workdir/model --overwrite --eval_dir $workdir/model/eval_results/ --data $SRCDIR/dataset/ood/ --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR  --val_batch_size 200
@@ -23,15 +36,37 @@ rm -rf $workdir/model
 
 # Test bitod_error_cls task
 # train
-genienlp train --train_tasks bitod_error_cls --model TransformerForSequenceClassification --pretrained_model distilbert-base-uncased --min_output_length 1 --save $workdir/model_error/ --train_iterations 100 --save_every 50 --log_every 50 --val_every 50 --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod_error/  --force_fast_tokenizer --train_batch_tokens 200 --num_print 0
+genienlp train \
+  --train_tasks bitod_error_cls \
+  --model TransformerForSequenceClassification \
+  --pretrained_model distilbert-base-uncased \
+  --min_output_length 1 \
+  --save $workdir/model_error/ \
+  --train_iterations 100 \
+  --save_every 50 \
+  --log_every 50 \
+  --val_every 50 \
+  --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod_error/ \
+  --force_fast_tokenizer \
+  --train_batch_tokens 200 \
+  --num_print 0
 
 # greedy prediction
-genienlp predict --tasks bitod_error_cls --evaluate valid --pred_set_name valid --path $workdir/model_error --overwrite --eval_dir $workdir/model_error/eval_results/ --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod_error/ --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR  --val_batch_size 200
+genienlp predict \
+  --tasks bitod_error_cls \
+  --evaluate valid \
+  --pred_set_name valid \
+  --path $workdir/model_error \
+  --overwrite \
+  --eval_dir $workdir/model_error/eval_results/ \
+  --data $SRCDIR/dataset/bitod_error/ \
+  --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
+  --val_batch_size 200
 
 # check if result file exists
 if test ! -f $workdir/model_error/eval_results/valid/bitod_error_cls.tsv ; then
-    echo "File not found!"
-    exit 1
+  echo "File not found!"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # check if predictions matches expected_results
diff --git a/tests/test_token_classification.sh b/tests/test_token_classification.sh
index 8a5c95bc..06515730 100755
--- a/tests/test_token_classification.sh
+++ b/tests/test_token_classification.sh
@@ -11,20 +11,16 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks cross_ner \
     --model TransformerForTokenClassification \
     --pretrained_model bert-base-cased \
-    --force_fast_tokenizer --train_batch_tokens 200 \
+    --force_fast_tokenizer \
+    --train_batch_tokens 200 \
     --val_batch_size 200 \
-    --train_iterations 4 --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
+    --train_iterations 4 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
-    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/cross_ner/ \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR $hparams \
-    --exist_ok  \
-    --no_commit
+    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/cross_ner/
 
   # greedy prediction
   genienlp predict \
@@ -59,6 +55,7 @@ do
 
   # train
   genienlp train \
+    $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
     --train_tasks conll2003 \
     --crossner_domains music \
     --model TransformerForTokenClassification \
@@ -68,15 +65,8 @@ do
     --train_batch_tokens 100 \
     --val_batch_size 100 \
     --train_iterations 4 \
-    --preserve_case \
-    --save_every 2 \
-    --log_every 2 \
-    --val_every 2 \
     --save $workdir/model_$i \
-    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/cross_ner/ \
-    --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR $hparams \
-    --exist_ok \
-    --no_commit
+    --data $SRCDIR/dataset/cross_ner/
 
   # greedy prediction
   genienlp predict \
diff --git a/tests/test_translation.sh b/tests/test_translation.sh
index 23a6e0e6..6edad81f 100755
--- a/tests/test_translation.sh
+++ b/tests/test_translation.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ for model in "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-de" ; do
 
     # save model
     genienlp train  \
+      $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
       --train_tasks almond_translate \
       --train_languages en \
       --train_tgt_languages de \
@@ -31,11 +32,7 @@ for model in "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-de" ; do
       --train_batch_tokens 100 \
       --val_batch_size 100 \
       --train_iterations 0 \
-      --preserve_case \
-      --save $workdir/model_$i \
-      --exist_ok  \
-      --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-      --no_commit
+      --save $workdir/model_$i
 
     # translate entities
     genienlp predict \
@@ -89,7 +86,9 @@ for model in "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-de" "sshleifer/tiny-mbart" ; do
     cp $workdir/translation/almond/train.tsv $workdir/translation/almond/eval.tsv
 
     # train
-    genienlp train --train_tasks almond_translate \
+    genienlp train \
+      $SHARED_TRAIN_HPARAMS \
+      --train_tasks almond_translate \
       --do_alignment \
       --train_languages en \
       --train_tgt_languages de \
@@ -100,15 +99,8 @@ for model in "Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-en-de" "sshleifer/tiny-mbart" ; do
       --train_batch_tokens 100 \
       --val_batch_size 100 \
       --train_iterations 6 \
-      --preserve_case \
-      --save_every 2 \
-      --log_every 2 \
-      --val_every 2 \
       --save $workdir/model_$i \
-      --data $workdir/translation/ \
-      --exist_ok \
-      --embeddings $EMBEDDING_DIR \
-      --no_commit
+      --data $workdir/translation/
 
     # greedy prediction
     genienlp predict \