diff --git a/bridge_former.py b/bridge_former.py
index ba99614..0bdc7aa 100644
--- a/bridge_former.py
+++ b/bridge_former.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class BridgeFormer(NNOperator):
     def _inference_from_text(self, text: List[str]):
 
         if self.model_name == "clip_initialized_model":
-            text_data = self.tokenizer(text, return_tensors='pt', padding='max_length', max_length=77).to(self.device)
+            text_data = self.tokenizer(text, return_tensors='pt', padding='max_length', max_length=77,
+                                       truncation=True).to(self.device)
             text_features = self.model.encode_text(text_data["input_ids"])
         else:
             text_data = self.tokenizer(text, return_tensors='pt').to(self.device)