diff --git a/causalml/inference/meta/rlearner.py b/causalml/inference/meta/rlearner.py
index 915efdbc..dacfa64e 100644
--- a/causalml/inference/meta/rlearner.py
+++ b/causalml/inference/meta/rlearner.py
@@ -555,15 +555,28 @@ def __init__(
             self.test_size = test_size
             self.early_stopping_rounds = early_stopping_rounds
 
-        super().__init__(
-            outcome_learner=XGBRegressor(random_state=random_state, *args, **kwargs),
-            effect_learner=XGBRegressor(
+            effect_learner = XGBRegressor(
+                objective=self.effect_learner_objective,
+                n_estimators=self.effect_learner_n_estimators,
+                eval_metric=self.effect_learner_eval_metric,
+                early_stopping_rounds=self.early_stopping_rounds,
+                random_state=random_state,
+                *args,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        else:
+            effect_learner = XGBRegressor(
                 objective=self.effect_learner_objective,
                 n_estimators=self.effect_learner_n_estimators,
+                eval_metric=self.effect_learner_eval_metric,
                 random_state=random_state,
                 *args,
                 **kwargs,
-            ),
+            )
+
+        super().__init__(
+            outcome_learner=XGBRegressor(random_state=random_state, *args, **kwargs),
+            effect_learner=effect_learner,
         )
 
     def fit(self, X, treatment, y, p=None, sample_weight=None, verbose=True):
@@ -665,8 +678,6 @@ def fit(self, X, treatment, y, p=None, sample_weight=None, verbose=True):
                     sample_weight_eval_set=[
                         sample_weight_test_filt * ((w_test - p_test_filt) ** 2)
                     ],
-                    eval_metric=self.effect_learner_eval_metric,
-                    early_stopping_rounds=self.early_stopping_rounds,
                     verbose=verbose,
                 )
 
@@ -675,7 +686,6 @@ def fit(self, X, treatment, y, p=None, sample_weight=None, verbose=True):
                     X_filt,
                     (y_filt - yhat_filt) / (w - p_filt),
                     sample_weight=sample_weight_filt * ((w - p_filt) ** 2),
-                    eval_metric=self.effect_learner_eval_metric,
                 )
 
             diff_c = y_filt[w == 0] - yhat_filt[w == 0]
diff --git a/causalml/metrics/visualize.py b/causalml/metrics/visualize.py
index 7dd13980..8d6b4a61 100644
--- a/causalml/metrics/visualize.py
+++ b/causalml/metrics/visualize.py
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ def plot_qini(
 def plot_tmlegain(
     df,
     inference_col,
-    learner=LGBMRegressor(num_leaves=64, learning_rate=0.05, n_estimators=300),
+    learner=LGBMRegressor(
+        num_leaves=64, learning_rate=0.05, n_estimators=300, verbose=-1
+    ),
     outcome_col="y",
     treatment_col="w",
     p_col="tau",
diff --git a/causalml/propensity.py b/causalml/propensity.py
index 0d35179d..f3aee9e3 100644
--- a/causalml/propensity.py
+++ b/causalml/propensity.py
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ class GradientBoostedPropensityModel(PropensityModel):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, early_stop=False, clip_bounds=(1e-3, 1 - 1e-3), **model_kwargs):
+        self.early_stop = early_stop
+
         super(GradientBoostedPropensityModel, self).__init__(
             clip_bounds, **model_kwargs
         )
-        self.early_stop = early_stop
 
     @property
     def _model(self):
@@ -131,9 +132,12 @@ def _model(self):
         }
         kwargs.update(self.model_kwargs)
 
+        if self.early_stop:
+            kwargs.update({"early_stopping_rounds": 10})
+
         return xgb.XGBClassifier(**kwargs)
 
-    def fit(self, X, y, early_stopping_rounds=10, stop_val_size=0.2):
+    def fit(self, X, y, stop_val_size=0.2):
         """
         Fit a propensity model.
 
@@ -151,7 +155,6 @@ def fit(self, X, y, early_stopping_rounds=10, stop_val_size=0.2):
                 X_train,
                 y_train,
                 eval_set=[(X_val, y_val)],
-                early_stopping_rounds=early_stopping_rounds,
             )
         else:
             super(GradientBoostedPropensityModel, self).fit(X, y)