diff --git a/dataquality/dq_auto/tc_trainer.py b/dataquality/dq_auto/tc_trainer.py
index 14a9dae94..645c5d027 100644
--- a/dataquality/dq_auto/tc_trainer.py
+++ b/dataquality/dq_auto/tc_trainer.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def get_trainer(
     model_checkpoint: str,
     max_padding_length: int,
     num_train_epochs: int,
+    batch_size: int,
     early_stopping: bool = True,
 ) -> Tuple[Trainer, DatasetDict]:
     tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_checkpoint, use_fast=True)
@@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ def model_init() -> Any:
     metric = evaluate.load(EVAL_METRIC)
     # We use the users chosen evaluation metric by preloading it into the partial
     compute_metrics_partial = partial(compute_metrics, metric)
-    batch_size = 64
     has_val = Split.validation in encoded_datasets
     eval_strat = IntervalStrategy.EPOCH if has_val else IntervalStrategy.NO
     load_best_model = has_val  # Can only load the best model if we have validation data
@@ -108,4 +108,6 @@ def model_init() -> Any:
         compute_metrics=compute_metrics_partial,
         callbacks=callbacks,
     )
+
+    print(f"Trainer: {trainer.args.per_device_train_batch_size}")
     return trainer, encoded_datasets
diff --git a/dataquality/dq_auto/text_classification.py b/dataquality/dq_auto/text_classification.py
index 305caef47..9adffa3de 100644
--- a/dataquality/dq_auto/text_classification.py
+++ b/dataquality/dq_auto/text_classification.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def auto(
     inference_data: Optional[Dict[str, Union[pd.DataFrame, Dataset, str]]] = None,
     max_padding_length: int = 200,
     num_train_epochs: int = 15,
+    batch_size: int = 64,
     hf_model: str = "distilbert-base-uncased",
     labels: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     project_name: str = "auto_tc",
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ def auto(
         hf_model,
         max_padding_length,
         num_train_epochs,
+        batch_size=batch_size,
         early_stopping=early_stopping,
     )
     return do_train(trainer, encoded_data, wait, create_data_embs)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d52b6c3fd..1409ecbe9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ scipy = ">=1.7.0"
 cachetools = ">=4.2.4"
 importlib-metadata = "<6.0.1"
 datasets = ">=2.14.6"
-transformers = ">=4.17.0"
+transformers = ">=4.17.0,<4.45.0"
 seqeval = "*"
 sentence-transformers = ">=2.2"
 h5py = ">=3.1.0"