diff --git a/chebai/preprocessing/datasets/base.py b/chebai/preprocessing/datasets/base.py
index 817bc1d1..39e5fbec 100644
--- a/chebai/preprocessing/datasets/base.py
+++ b/chebai/preprocessing/datasets/base.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def __init__(
         inner_k_folds: int = -1,  # use inner cross-validation if > 1
         fold_index: Optional[int] = None,
         base_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+        n_token_limit: Optional[int] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__()
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def __init__(
             ), "fold_index can't be larger than the total number of folds"
         self.fold_index = fold_index
         self._base_dir = base_dir
+        self.n_token_limit = n_token_limit
         os.makedirs(self.raw_dir, exist_ok=True)
         os.makedirs(self.processed_dir, exist_ok=True)
         if self.use_inner_cross_validation:
@@ -311,8 +313,14 @@ def _load_data_from_file(self, path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
             for d in tqdm.tqdm(self._load_dict(path), total=lines)
             if d["features"] is not None
         ]
-        # filter for missing features in resulting data
-        data = [val for val in data if val["features"] is not None]
+        # filter for missing features in resulting data, keep features length below token limit
+        data = [
+            val
+            for val in data
+            if val["features"] is not None
+            and self.n_token_limit is None
+            or len(val["features"]) <= self.n_token_limit
+        ]
 
         return data
 
@@ -1181,4 +1189,6 @@ def processed_file_names_dict(self) -> dict:
             dict: A dictionary mapping dataset keys to their respective file names.
                   For example, {"data": "data.pt"}.
         """
+        if self.n_token_limit is not None:
+            return {"data": f"data_maxlen{self.n_token_limit}.pt"}
         return {"data": "data.pt"}