diff --git a/ldm/modules/attention.py b/ldm/modules/attention.py
index d504d93..509cd87 100644
--- a/ldm/modules/attention.py
+++ b/ldm/modules/attention.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ try:
 except:
     XFORMERS_IS_AVAILBLE = False
 
+# CrossAttn precision handling
+import os
+_ATTN_PRECISION = os.environ.get("ATTN_PRECISION", "fp32")
 
 def exists(val):
     return val is not None
@@ -167,9 +170,16 @@ class CrossAttention(nn.Module):
 
         q, k, v = map(lambda t: rearrange(t, 'b n (h d) -> (b h) n d', h=h), (q, k, v))
 
-        sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q, k) * self.scale
+        # force cast to fp32 to avoid overflowing
+        if _ATTN_PRECISION =="fp32":
+            with torch.autocast(enabled=False, device_type = 'cuda'):
+                q, k = q.float(), k.float()
+                sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q, k) * self.scale
+        else:
+            sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q, k) * self.scale
+        
         del q, k
-
+    
         if exists(mask):
             mask = rearrange(mask, 'b ... -> b (...)')
             max_neg_value = -torch.finfo(sim.dtype).max