diff --git a/tools/inference_engine/reference_loader.py b/tools/inference_engine/reference_loader.py
index 6369f1db..6f19c6dd 100644
--- a/tools/inference_engine/reference_loader.py
+++ b/tools/inference_engine/reference_loader.py
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ def load_by_hash(
 
             else:
                 # Reuse already encoded references
-                prompt_text, prompt_token = self.ref_by_hash[audio_hashes[i]]
-                prompt_texts.append(prompt_text)
-                prompt_tokens.append(prompt_token)
+                prompt_tokens, prompt_texts = self.ref_by_hash[audio_hashes[i]]
                 cache_used = True
 
         if cache_used: