diff --git a/torchTextClassifiers/model/model.py b/torchTextClassifiers/model/model.py
index d253a66..5e4cc66 100644
--- a/torchTextClassifiers/model/model.py
+++ b/torchTextClassifiers/model/model.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def forward(
                 Raw, not softmaxed.
         """
         encoded_text = input_ids  # clearer name
+        label_attention_matrix = None
         if self.text_embedder is None:
             x_text = encoded_text.float()
         else: