diff --git a/src/main/cpp/fastText b/src/main/cpp/fastText
index 9c9b9b2..501b9b1 160000
--- a/src/main/cpp/fastText
+++ b/src/main/cpp/fastText
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9c9b9b2eca4fdc0182182cb69234fffbb847d820
+Subproject commit 501b9b1e4543fd2de55e4a621a9924ce7d2b5b17
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/fasttext_wrapper.cc b/src/main/cpp/fasttext_wrapper.cc
index ec5c90e..94eec05 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/fasttext_wrapper.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/fasttext_wrapper.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ namespace FastTextWrapper {
             const std::string& text, int32_t k) {
         std::vector<std::pair<real,std::string>> predictions;
         std::istringstream in(text);
-        fastText.predict(in, k, predictions);
+
+        // temporary workaround
+        real th = 0.0;
+
+        fastText.predictLine(in, predictions, k, th);
         return predictions;
     }