diff --git a/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp b/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
index b67256228..bffd4f279 100644
--- a/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ std::string acestep_generate_audio(const music_generation_inputs inputs)
         req.caption = "An interesting song";
     }
     req.thinking = false;
+    req.inference_steps = (req.inference_steps>100?100:req.inference_steps); //clamp to 100
 
     const int FRAMES_PER_SECOND = 25;
     int Oc = music_dit_cfg.out_channels;          // 64