diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
index 64d15b01..1000b191 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/__init__.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ def text_to_sequence(text, cleaner_names, tp=None, add_blank=False):
     Args:
       text: string to convert to a sequence
       cleaner_names: names of the cleaner functions to run the text through
+      tp: dictionary of character parameters to use a custom character set.
 
     Returns:
       List of integers corresponding to the symbols in the text
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
index a531849d..b48082b3 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/symbols.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ def make_symbols(
     characters, phonemes=None, punctuations="!'(),-.:;? ", pad="_", eos="~", bos="^"
 ):  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
     """ Function to create symbols and phonemes """
-    _symbols = [pad, eos, bos] + list(characters)
+    _symbols =  list(characters)
+    _symbols = [bos] + _symbols if len(bos) > 0 and bos is not None else _symbols
+    _symbols = [eos] + _symbols if len(bos) > 0 and eos is not None else _symbols
+    _symbols = [pad] + _symbols if len(bos) > 0 and pad is not None else _symbols
     _phonemes = None
     if phonemes is not None:
         _phonemes_sorted = sorted(list(set(phonemes)))