diff --git a/fastvideo/api/schema.py b/fastvideo/api/schema.py
index 15e2e8e26..c4fba6e17 100644
--- a/fastvideo/api/schema.py
+++ b/fastvideo/api/schema.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ParallelismConfig:
 class OffloadConfig:
     dit: bool = True
     dit_layerwise: bool = True
-    text_encoder: bool = False
+    text_encoder: bool = True
     image_encoder: bool = True
     vae: bool = True
     pin_cpu_memory: bool = True
diff --git a/fastvideo/fastvideo_args.py b/fastvideo/fastvideo_args.py
index 15cf31658..b27706a56 100644
--- a/fastvideo/fastvideo_args.py
+++ b/fastvideo/fastvideo_args.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class FastVideoArgs:
     dit_cpu_offload: bool = True
     use_fsdp_inference: bool = False
     dit_layerwise_offload: bool = True
-    text_encoder_cpu_offload: bool = False
+    text_encoder_cpu_offload: bool = True
     image_encoder_cpu_offload: bool = True
     vae_cpu_offload: bool = True
     pin_cpu_memory: bool = True