diff --git a/lightrag/utils.py b/lightrag/utils.py
index 0220af06..bdb47592 100644
--- a/lightrag/utils.py
+++ b/lightrag/utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ import tiktoken
 
 from lightrag.prompt import PROMPTS
 
+
+class UnlimitedSemaphore:
+    """A context manager that allows unlimited access."""
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        pass
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        pass
+
+
 ENCODER = None
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("lightrag")
@@ -42,9 +53,17 @@ class EmbeddingFunc:
     embedding_dim: int
     max_token_size: int
     func: callable
+    concurrent_limit: int = 16
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.concurrent_limit != 0:
+            self._semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(self.concurrent_limit)
+        else:
+            self._semaphore = UnlimitedSemaphore()
 
     async def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray:
-        return await self.func(*args, **kwargs)
+        async with self._semaphore:
+            return await self.func(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def locate_json_string_body_from_string(content: str) -> Union[str, None]: