diff --git a/GPT_SoVITS/text/en_normalization/expend.py b/GPT_SoVITS/text/en_normalization/expend.py
index 13160c51..6681902d 100644
--- a/GPT_SoVITS/text/en_normalization/expend.py
+++ b/GPT_SoVITS/text/en_normalization/expend.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ def normalize(text):
     """
 
     text = re.sub(_ordinal_number_re, _convert_ordinal, text)
+    text = re.sub(r'(?<!\d)-|-(?!\d)', ' minus ', text)
     text = re.sub(_comma_number_re, _remove_commas, text)
     text = re.sub(_time_re, _expand_time, text)
     text = re.sub(_measurement_re, _expand_measurement, text)
@@ -252,7 +253,6 @@ def normalize(text):
     text = ''.join(char for char in unicodedata.normalize('NFD', text)
                     if unicodedata.category(char) != 'Mn')  # Strip accents
     
-    text = re.sub("-", "minus ", text)
     text = re.sub("%", " percent", text)
     text = re.sub("[^ A-Za-z'.,?!\-]", "", text)
     text = re.sub(r"(?i)i\.e\.", "that is", text)
@@ -269,4 +269,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(normalize("1st, 22nd"))
     print(normalize("a test 20h, 1.2s, 1L, 0.1km"))
     print(normalize("a test of time 4:00, 13:00, 13:30"))
-    print(normalize("a test of temperature 4°F, 23°C, -19°C"))
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+    print(normalize("a test of temperature 4°F, 23°C, -19°C"))