diff --git a/fastembed/image/image_embedding.py b/fastembed/image/image_embedding.py
index e5d9f17..50b6e53 100644
--- a/fastembed/image/image_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/image/image_embedding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union
 from dataclasses import asdict
 
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ class ImageEmbedding(ImageEmbeddingBase):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
         for EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE in self.EMBEDDINGS_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE._list_supported_models()
             if any(model_name.lower() == model.model.lower() for model in supported_models):
diff --git a/fastembed/late_interaction/late_interaction_text_embedding.py b/fastembed/late_interaction/late_interaction_text_embedding.py
index 8f6aa83..066149f 100644
--- a/fastembed/late_interaction/late_interaction_text_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/late_interaction/late_interaction_text_embedding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union
 from dataclasses import asdict
 
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ class LateInteractionTextEmbedding(LateInteractionTextEmbeddingBase):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
         for EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE in self.EMBEDDINGS_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE._list_supported_models()
             if any(model_name.lower() == model.model.lower() for model in supported_models):
diff --git a/fastembed/late_interaction_multimodal/late_interaction_multimodal_embedding.py b/fastembed/late_interaction_multimodal/late_interaction_multimodal_embedding.py
index e7c0beb..4244895 100644
--- a/fastembed/late_interaction_multimodal/late_interaction_multimodal_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/late_interaction_multimodal/late_interaction_multimodal_embedding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Sequence, Type, Union
 from dataclasses import asdict
 
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ class LateInteractionMultimodalEmbedding(LateInteractionMultimodalEmbeddingBase)
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
         for EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE in self.EMBEDDINGS_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = EMBEDDING_MODEL_TYPE._list_supported_models()
             if any(model_name.lower() == model.model.lower() for model in supported_models):
diff --git a/fastembed/rerank/cross_encoder/text_cross_encoder.py b/fastembed/rerank/cross_encoder/text_cross_encoder.py
index 573053e..f01c8f2 100644
--- a/fastembed/rerank/cross_encoder/text_cross_encoder.py
+++ b/fastembed/rerank/cross_encoder/text_cross_encoder.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Sequence, Type
 from dataclasses import asdict
 
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ class TextCrossEncoder(TextCrossEncoderBase):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
 
         for CROSS_ENCODER_TYPE in self.CROSS_ENCODER_REGISTRY:
             supported_models = CROSS_ENCODER_TYPE._list_supported_models()
diff --git a/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py b/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
index 1e98f1d..6edd141 100644
--- a/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/sparse/sparse_text_embedding.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ class SparseTextEmbedding(SparseTextEmbeddingBase):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
         if model_name == "prithvida/Splade_PP_en_v1":
             warnings.warn(
                 "The right spelling is prithivida/Splade_PP_en_v1. "
diff --git a/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py b/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
index 430d7d3..fb28f32 100644
--- a/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
+++ b/fastembed/text/text_embedding.py
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ class TextEmbedding(TextEmbeddingBase):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(model_name, cache_dir, threads, **kwargs)
+        if not cuda and device_ids:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "`device_ids` are only used when `cuda` is set to True. Device ids will be ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
         if model_name == "nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5-Q":
             warnings.warn(
                 "The model 'nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5-Q' has been updated on HuggingFace. "