diff --git a/whisperx/alignment.py b/whisperx/alignment.py
index b77a7f1..34fbbbb 100644
--- a/whisperx/alignment.py
+++ b/whisperx/alignment.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def get_wildcard_emission(frame_emission, tokens, blank_id):
     wildcard_mask = (tokens == -1)
 
     # Get scores for non-wildcard positions
-    regular_scores = frame_emission[tokens.clamp(min=0)]  # clamp to avoid -1 index
+    regular_scores = frame_emission[tokens.clamp(min=0).long()]  # clamp to avoid -1 index
 
     # Create a mask and compute the maximum value without modifying frame_emission
     max_valid_score = frame_emission.clone()   # Create a copy