diff --git a/outlines/text/generate/sequence.py b/outlines/text/generate/sequence.py
index b5691359e..a57bfcaf4 100644
--- a/outlines/text/generate/sequence.py
+++ b/outlines/text/generate/sequence.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+import itertools
+import math
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
+import interegular
 import torch
 
+from outlines.text.parsing import find_partial_matches
+
 
 class Sequence:
     """Represents a sequence generation method."""
@@ -171,6 +177,98 @@ def update_token_ids(
 
         return new_token_ids
 
+    def find_boundary_tokens(self, prompt: str) -> Dict[int, List[int]]:
+        """Find a list of tokens that cross the prompt boundary."""
+
+        vocabulary = {
+            token_id: self.model.tokenizer.decode([token_id])[0]
+            for token_id in range(len(self.model.tokenizer.vocabulary))
+        }
+        prompt_fsm = interegular.parse_pattern(prompt).to_fsm()
+
+        prompt_token_ids, _ = self.model.tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+        prompt_tokens = self.model.tokenizer.decode(prompt_token_ids[0])
+
+        token_idx_in_prompt = [0] + list(
+            itertools.accumulate([len(t) for t in prompt_tokens])
+        )[:-1]
+
+        boundary_tokens = defaultdict(list)
+        for token_id, token in vocabulary.items():
+            pmatches = find_partial_matches(prompt_fsm, token)
+            for pmatch in pmatches:
+                end_idx, states = pmatch
+                if end_idx is not None and states[-1] == len(prompt):
+                    if states[0] in token_idx_in_prompt:
+                        boundary_tokens[token_idx_in_prompt.index(states[0])].append(
+                            token_id
+                        )
+
+        return boundary_tokens
+
+    def align_prompt_tokens(
+        self, prompt: Union[str, List[str]], rng: torch.Generator
+    ) -> Tuple[torch.LongTensor, torch.LongTensor]:
+        """Align the prompt with the vocabulary."""
+
+        prompts = prompt
+        if isinstance(prompts, str):
+            prompts = [prompts]
+
+        masks = []
+        truncated_attention_masks = []
+        truncated_token_idss = []
+        attention_masks = []
+        for prompt in prompts:
+            boundary_tokens = self.find_boundary_tokens(prompt)
+
+            token_ids, attention_mask = self.model.tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+            token_ids = token_ids.to(self.device)
+            attention_mask = attention_mask.to(self.device)
+
+            last_token = min(boundary_tokens.keys())
+            truncated_token_ids = token_ids[:, :last_token]
+            truncated_attention_mask = attention_mask[:, :last_token]
+
+            allowed_tokens = boundary_tokens[last_token]
+            mask = torch.full(
+                (len(self.model.tokenizer.vocabulary),), -math.inf, device=self.device
+            )
+            mask[allowed_tokens] = 0
+
+            masks.append(mask)
+            truncated_attention_masks.append(truncated_attention_mask.squeeze())
+            attention_masks.append(attention_mask.squeeze())
+            truncated_token_idss.append(truncated_token_ids.squeeze())
+
+        # Pad left and stack
+        from torch.nn.utils.rnn import pad_sequence
+
+        mask = torch.vstack(masks)
+        truncated_attention_mask = pad_sequence(
+            [t.flip(dims=[0]) for t in truncated_attention_masks],
+            batch_first=True,
+            padding_value=0,
+        ).flip(dims=[1])
+        attention_mask = pad_sequence(
+            [a.flip(dims=[0]) for a in attention_masks],
+            batch_first=True,
+            padding_value=0,
+        ).flip(dims=[1])
+        truncated_token_ids = pad_sequence(
+            [t.flip(dims=[0]) for t in truncated_token_idss],
+            batch_first=True,
+            padding_value=self.model.tokenizer.pad_token_id,
+        ).flip(dims=[1])
+
+        probs = self.model(truncated_token_ids, truncated_attention_mask)
+        probs = probs + mask
+        probs = torch.nn.functional.softmax(probs, dim=-1)
+        next_token_ids = torch.multinomial(probs, num_samples=1)
+        token_ids = torch.concatenate([truncated_token_ids, next_token_ids], axis=-1)
+
+        return token_ids, attention_mask
+
     @torch.inference_mode()
     def __call__(
         self,
@@ -192,14 +290,11 @@ def __call__(
         The full sequence that contains the prompts and the generated string.
 
         """
-        token_ids, attention_mask = self.model.tokenizer.encode(prompt)
-
-        token_ids = token_ids.to(self.device)
-        attention_mask = attention_mask.to(self.device)
-
         if rng is None:
             rng = torch.Generator(device=self.device)
 
+        token_ids, attention_mask = self.align_prompt_tokens(prompt, rng)
+
         num_prompt_tokens = token_ids.shape[-1]
 
         if samples > 1:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1bbffdb9..d57632d0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module = [
     "scipy.*",
     "tenacity.*",
     "tiktoken.*",
-    "torch",
+    "torch.*",
     "transformers.*",
     "lark.*",
     "regex.*",