diff --git a/src/Tokenizers/Tokenizer.php b/src/Tokenizers/Tokenizer.php
index 37093b7..c840320 100644
--- a/src/Tokenizers/Tokenizer.php
+++ b/src/Tokenizers/Tokenizer.php
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-<?php /** @noinspection PhpUnreachableStatementInspection */
+<?php
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-
 namespace Codewithkyrian\Transformers\Tokenizers;
 
 use ArrayObject;
@@ -44,12 +43,19 @@ abstract class Tokenizer
      */
     protected ?string $unkToken = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to fuse the unknown token into the vocabulary.
+     */
+    protected bool $fuseUnk = false;
+
     public function __construct(protected array $config)
     {
         $this->continuingSubwordPrefix = $config['continuing_subword_prefix'] ?? null;
         if ($this->continuingSubwordPrefix == "") {
             $this->continuingSubwordPrefix = null;
         }
+
+        $this->fuseUnk = $config['fuse_unk'] ?? false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,8 +94,7 @@ public static function load(
         string           $revision,
         mixed            $legacy,
         ?callable $onProgress = null
-    ): array
-    {
+    ): array {
         $tokenizerJson = Hub::getJson(
             $modelNameOrPath,
             fileName: 'tokenizer.json',
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ public function __invoke(array $tokens): array
     {
         $ids = $this->encode($tokens);
 
-        if ($this->fuseUnk()) {
+        if ($this->fuseUnk) {
             $ids = $this->fuse($ids, $this->unkTokenId, $this->tokenToIds);
         }
 
@@ -242,43 +247,32 @@ public function __invoke(array $tokens): array
      */
     protected abstract function encode(array $tokens): array;
 
-    protected function fuseUnk(): bool
-    {
-        return $this->config['fuse_unk'] ?? false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Helper function to fuse consecutive values in an array equal to the specified value.
      *
-     * @param string[] $arr The input array
+     * @param array $arr The input array.
      * @param mixed $value The value to fuse on.
-     * @param array<string, mixed> $mappings The mapping from input domain to value.
-     * @return array
+     * @param array $mapping The mapping from input domain to value.
+     * @return array The fused array.
      */
-    private static function fuse(array $arr, mixed $value, array $mappings): array
-    {
+    protected function fuse(array $arr, mixed $value, array $mapping): array {
         $fused = [];
-        $fusedIds = [];
-        $fusedLength = 0;
+        $i = 0;
+        $length = count($arr);
 
-        foreach ($arr as $i => $v) {
-            if ($v === $value) {
-                $fusedLength++;
-            } else {
-                if ($fusedLength > 0) {
-                    $fused[] = $mappings[$value];
-                    $fusedIds[] = $value;
-                    $fusedLength = 0;
-                }
+        while ($i < $length) {
+            $fused[] = $arr[$i];
 
-                $fused[] = $v;
-                $fusedIds[] = $i;
+            // Check if the current element's mapping is not equal to the specified value
+            if (($mapping[$arr[$i]] ?? $value) !== $value) {
+                $i++;
+                continue;
             }
-        }
 
-        if ($fusedLength > 0) {
-            $fused[] = $mappings[$value];
-            $fusedIds[] = $value;
+            // Skip consecutive elements equal to the specified value
+            while ($i < $length && ($mapping[$arr[$i]] ?? $value) === $value) {
+                $i++;
+            }
         }
 
         return $fused;
@@ -343,7 +337,6 @@ public function convertTokensToIds(array $tokens): array
             $ids[] = $this->tokenToIds[$token] ?? $this->unkTokenId;
         }
 
-
         return $ids;
     }
 
@@ -363,4 +356,4 @@ public function convertIdsToTokens(array $ids): array
 
         return $tokens;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}