diff --git a/SearchQnA/docker/gaudi/docker_compose.yaml b/SearchQnA/docker/gaudi/docker_compose.yaml
index d9e91c2db..5de690cc6 100644
--- a/SearchQnA/docker/gaudi/docker_compose.yaml
+++ b/SearchQnA/docker/gaudi/docker_compose.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
       HABANA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: all
       OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism: none
       MAX_WARMUP_SEQUENCE_LENGTH: 512
-    command: --model-id ${EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID}
+    command: --model-id ${EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID} --auto-truncate
   embedding:
     image: opea/embedding-tei:latest
     container_name: embedding-tei-server
diff --git a/SearchQnA/tests/test_searchqna_on_gaudi.sh b/SearchQnA/tests/test_searchqna_on_gaudi.sh
index 4277472d8..929c7e715 100644
--- a/SearchQnA/tests/test_searchqna_on_gaudi.sh
+++ b/SearchQnA/tests/test_searchqna_on_gaudi.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function start_services() {
     # Start Docker Containers
     docker compose -f docker_compose.yaml up -d
     n=0
-    until [[ "$n" -ge 300 ]]; do
+    until [[ "$n" -ge 500 ]]; do
         docker logs tgi-gaudi-server > tgi_service_start.log
         if grep -q Connected tgi_service_start.log; then
             break