diff --git a/application/parser/token_func.py b/application/parser/token_func.py
index e77376f5..80a55674 100644
--- a/application/parser/token_func.py
+++ b/application/parser/token_func.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def split_documents(documents: List[Document], max_tokens: int) -> List[Document
             docs.append(doc)
         else:
             header, body = separate_header_and_body(doc.text)
+            if len(tiktoken.get_encoding("cl100k_base").encode(header)) > max_tokens:
+                print("header too long, skipping", file=sys.stderr)
+                body = doc.text
+                header = ""
             num_body_parts = ceil(token_length / max_tokens)
             part_length = ceil(len(body) / num_body_parts)
             body_parts = [body[i:i + part_length] for i in range(0, len(body), part_length)]
diff --git a/scripts/parser/token_func.py b/scripts/parser/token_func.py
index e77376f5..bb386f2e 100644
--- a/scripts/parser/token_func.py
+++ b/scripts/parser/token_func.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import List
 
 import tiktoken
 from parser.schema.base import Document
-
+import sys
 
 def separate_header_and_body(text):
     header_pattern = r"^(.*?\n){3}"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def separate_header_and_body(text):
 def group_documents(documents: List[Document], min_tokens: int, max_tokens: int) -> List[Document]:
     docs = []
     current_group = None
+    print("Grouping", len(documents), "documents", file=sys.stderr)
 
     for doc in documents:
         doc_len = len(tiktoken.get_encoding("cl100k_base").encode(doc.text))
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ def split_documents(documents: List[Document], max_tokens: int) -> List[Document
             docs.append(doc)
         else:
             header, body = separate_header_and_body(doc.text)
+            if len(tiktoken.get_encoding("cl100k_base").encode(header)) > max_tokens:
+                body = doc.text
+                header = ""
             num_body_parts = ceil(token_length / max_tokens)
             part_length = ceil(len(body) / num_body_parts)
             body_parts = [body[i:i + part_length] for i in range(0, len(body), part_length)]
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ def split_documents(documents: List[Document], max_tokens: int) -> List[Document
                                    embedding=doc.embedding,
                                    extra_info=doc.extra_info)
                 docs.append(new_doc)
+    print("split into", len(docs), "documents", file=sys.stderr)
     return docs