diff --git a/src/harmony/matching/default_matcher.py b/src/harmony/matching/default_matcher.py
index 1f8ada7..902f931 100644
--- a/src/harmony/matching/default_matcher.py
+++ b/src/harmony/matching/default_matcher.py
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@
 from typing import List
 
 import numpy as np
-from numpy import ndarray
-from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
-
 from harmony import match_instruments_with_function
 from harmony.schemas.requests.text import Instrument
+from numpy import ndarray
+from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 
 if (
-    os.environ.get("HARMONY_SENTENCE_TRANSFORMER_PATH", None) is not None
-    and os.environ.get("HARMONY_SENTENCE_TRANSFORMER_PATH", None) != ""
+        os.environ.get("HARMONY_SENTENCE_TRANSFORMER_PATH", None) is not None
+        and os.environ.get("HARMONY_SENTENCE_TRANSFORMER_PATH", None) != ""
 ):
     sentence_transformer_path = os.environ["HARMONY_SENTENCE_TRANSFORMER_PATH"]
 else:
@@ -47,24 +46,42 @@
 model = SentenceTransformer(sentence_transformer_path)
 
 
-def convert_texts_to_vector(texts: List) -> ndarray:
-    embeddings = model.encode(sentences=texts, convert_to_numpy=True)
+def convert_texts_to_vector(texts: List, batch_size=50, max_batches=2000) -> ndarray:
+    if batch_size == 0:
+        embeddings = model.encode(sentences=texts, convert_to_numpy=True)
 
-    return embeddings
+        return embeddings
+
+    embeddings = []
+    batch_count = 0
+
+    # Process texts in batches
+    for i in range(0, len(texts), batch_size):
+        if batch_count >= max_batches:
+            break
+        batch = texts[i:i + batch_size]
+        batch_embeddings = model.encode(sentences=batch, convert_to_numpy=True)
+        embeddings.append(batch_embeddings)
+        batch_count += 1
+
+    # Concatenate all batch embeddings into a single NumPy array
+    return np.concatenate(embeddings, axis=0)
 
 
 def match_instruments(
-    instruments: List[Instrument],
-    query: str = None,
-    mhc_questions: List = [],
-    mhc_all_metadatas: List = [],
-    mhc_embeddings: np.ndarray = np.zeros((0, 0)),
-    texts_cached_vectors: dict[str, List[float]] = {},
+        instruments: List[Instrument],
+        query: str = None,
+        mhc_questions: List = [],
+        mhc_all_metadatas: List = [],
+        mhc_embeddings: np.ndarray = np.zeros((0, 0)),
+        texts_cached_vectors: dict[str, List[float]] = {}, batch_size: int = 50, max_batches: int = 2000,
+
 ) -> tuple:
     return match_instruments_with_function(
         instruments=instruments,
         query=query,
-        vectorisation_function=convert_texts_to_vector,
+        vectorisation_function=lambda texts: convert_texts_to_vector(texts, batch_size=batch_size,
+                                                                     max_batches=max_batches),
         mhc_questions=mhc_questions,
         mhc_all_metadatas=mhc_all_metadatas,
         mhc_embeddings=mhc_embeddings,
diff --git a/tests/test_batch.py b/tests/test_batch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9795c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_batch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+'''
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Ulster University (https://www.ulster.ac.uk).
+Project: Harmony (https://harmonydata.ac.uk)
+Maintainer: Thomas Wood (https://fastdatascience.com)
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+import unittest
+import numpy
+
+sys.path.append("../src")
+
+from harmony.matching.default_matcher import convert_texts_to_vector
+
+class createModel:
+    def encode(self, sentences, convert_to_numpy=True):
+        # Generate a dummy embedding with 768 dimensions for each sentence
+        return numpy.array([[1] * 768] * len(sentences))
+
+
+
+model = createModel()
+
+class TestBatching(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_convert_texts_to_vector_with_batching(self):
+        # Create a list of 10 dummy texts
+        texts = ["text" + str(i) for i in range(10)]
+
+
+        batch_size = 5
+        max_batches = 2
+        embeddings = convert_texts_to_vector(texts, batch_size=batch_size, max_batches=max_batches)
+
+
+        self.assertEqual(embeddings.shape[0], 10)
+
+
+        self.assertEqual(embeddings.shape[1], 384)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()