diff --git a/models/tacotron.py b/models/tacotron.py
index 8a215b90..5eb7dfac 100644
--- a/models/tacotron.py
+++ b/models/tacotron.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 import torch
 from torch import nn
-from utils.text.symbols import symbols
+from math import sqrt
+from utils.text.symbols import symbols, phonemes
 from layers.tacotron import Prenet, Encoder, Decoder, PostCBHG
 
 
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@ class Tacotron(nn.Module):
         self.mel_dim = mel_dim
         self.linear_dim = linear_dim
         self.embedding = nn.Embedding(
-            len(symbols), embedding_dim, padding_idx=padding_idx)
-        print(" | > Number of characters : {}".format(len(symbols)))
-        self.embedding.weight.data.normal_(0, 0.3)
+            len(phonemes), embedding_dim, padding_idx=padding_idx)
+        print(" | > Number of characters : {}".format(len(phonemes)))
+        std = sqrt(2.0 / (len(phonemes) + embedding_dim))
+        val = sqrt(3.0) * std  # uniform bounds for std
+        self.embedding.weight.data.uniform_(-val, val)
         self.encoder = Encoder(embedding_dim)
         self.decoder = Decoder(256, mel_dim, r)
         self.postnet = PostCBHG(mel_dim)