diff --git a/backend/text_processing/t5_engine.py b/backend/text_processing/t5_engine.py
index dfeead3a..a6b3dc47 100644
--- a/backend/text_processing/t5_engine.py
+++ b/backend/text_processing/t5_engine.py
@@ -117,9 +117,21 @@ class T5TextProcessingEngine:
             else:
                 chunks, token_count = self.tokenize_line(line)
                 line_z_values = []
+
+                #   pad all chunks to length of longest chunk
+                max_tokens = 0
+                for chunk in chunks:
+                    max_tokens = max (len(chunk.tokens), max_tokens)
+
                 for chunk in chunks:
                     tokens = chunk.tokens
                     multipliers = chunk.multipliers
+                    
+                    remaining_count = max_tokens - len(tokens)
+                    if remaining_count > 0:
+                        tokens += [self.id_pad] * remaining_count
+                        multipliers += [1.0] * remaining_count
+
                     z = self.process_tokens([tokens], [multipliers])[0]
                     line_z_values.append(z)
                 cache[line] = line_z_values