diff --git a/python/jittor/__init__.py b/python/jittor/__init__.py
index 3fc495ae..8a177685 100644
--- a/python/jittor/__init__.py
+++ b/python/jittor/__init__.py
@@ -478,7 +478,17 @@ def load(path):
     return model_dict
 
 def save(params_dict, path):
-    safepickle(params_dict, path)
+    def dfs(x):
+        if isinstance(x, list):
+            for i in range(len(x)):
+                x[i] = dfs(x[i])
+        elif isinstance(x, dict):
+            for k in x:
+                x[k] = dfs(x[k])
+        elif isinstance(x, Var):
+            return x.numpy()
+        return x
+    safepickle(dfs(params_dict), path)
 
 def _uniq(x):
     a = set()
diff --git a/python/jittor/test/test_misc_op.py b/python/jittor/test/test_misc_op.py
index b29091a5..dda1c74a 100644
--- a/python/jittor/test/test_misc_op.py
+++ b/python/jittor/test/test_misc_op.py
@@ -101,5 +101,15 @@ class TestPad(unittest.TestCase):
                 assert np.allclose(t_res[idx].numpy(), j_res[idx].numpy())
         print('pass unbind test ...')
 
+class TestOther(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_save(self):
+        pp = [1,2,jt.array([1,2,3]), {"a":[1,2,3], "b":jt.array([1,2,3])}]
+        jt.save(pp, "/tmp/xx.pkl")
+        x = jt.load("/tmp/xx.pkl")
+        assert x[:2] == [1,2]
+        assert (x[2] == np.array([1,2,3])).all()
+        assert x[3]['a'] == [1,2,3]
+        assert (x[3]['b'] == np.array([1,2,3])).all()
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
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