diff --git a/modules/text_generation.py b/modules/text_generation.py
index 834101ff..1f6a2819 100644
--- a/modules/text_generation.py
+++ b/modules/text_generation.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ def formatted_outputs(reply, model_name):
         return reply
 
 def generate_reply(question, max_new_tokens, do_sample, temperature, top_p, typical_p, repetition_penalty, top_k, min_length, no_repeat_ngram_size, num_beams, penalty_alpha, length_penalty, early_stopping, eos_token=None, stopping_string=None):
+    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
     original_question = question
     if not (shared.args.chat or shared.args.cai_chat):
         question = apply_extensions(question, "input")