diff --git a/logits_processor_zoo/utils.py b/logits_processor_zoo/utils.py
index 3775113..fd284fe 100644
--- a/logits_processor_zoo/utils.py
+++ b/logits_processor_zoo/utils.py
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@
 def text_to_token(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizer, text: str, last: bool):
     tokens = tokenizer.encode(text, add_special_tokens=False)
 
-    if not last and len(tokens) > 2:
-        # Usually the first token indicates the beginning, and the second token is our main token
+    # We allow 2 tokens to account for the BOS or prefix token
+    max_token_count = 1
+    bos_token_added = getattr(tokenizer, 'bos_token', None) and getattr(tokenizer, 'bos_token_id', None) in tokens
+    prefix_token_added = getattr(tokenizer, 'add_prefix_space', None) is not False
+    if bos_token_added or prefix_token_added:
+        max_token_count = 2
+
+    if not last and len(tokens) > max_token_count:
         raise Exception(f"Can't convert {text} to token. It has {len(tokens)} tokens.")
 
     return tokens[-1]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1de2def..30af0a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "logits-processor-zoo"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.1.12"
 description = "A collection of LogitsProcessors to customize and enhance LLM behavior for specific tasks."
 authors = ["Ahmet Erdem", "Ivan Sorokin", "Maximilian Jeblick", "Darragh Hanley", "David Austin"]
 readme = "README.md"