diff --git a/aitextgen/aitextgen.py b/aitextgen/aitextgen.py
index 4e76eb7..5c2a6a6 100644
--- a/aitextgen/aitextgen.py
+++ b/aitextgen/aitextgen.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def generate(
         self,
         n: int = 1,
         prompt: str = None,
-        max_length: int = 1024,
+        max_length: int = 256,
         temperature: float = 0.7,
         do_sample: bool = True,
         return_as_list: bool = False,