diff --git a/nemo_curator/filters/classifier_filter.py b/nemo_curator/filters/classifier_filter.py
index d34140771..e791cae9b 100644
--- a/nemo_curator/filters/classifier_filter.py
+++ b/nemo_curator/filters/classifier_filter.py
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ def _load_model(self):
 
 class FastTextLangId(DocumentFilter):
 
-    def __init__(self, model_path=None, min_langid_score=0.3):
+    def __init__(self, model_path=None, min_langid_score=0.3, lang=None):
         if model_path is None:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Must provide a valid path to a FastText model "
                 "to identify languages with this filter"
             )
         self._model_path = model_path
-        self._lang_code = None
+        self._lang_code = lang
         self._cutoff = min_langid_score
         self._name = "lang_id"
 
@@ -91,14 +91,17 @@ def _score_document(text):
             pp = text.strip().replace("\n", " ")
             label, score = model.predict(pp, k=1)
             score = score[0]
-            lang_code = label[0][-2:].upper()
+            lang_code = label[0][-2:].lower()
 
             return [score, lang_code]
 
         return df.apply(_score_document)
 
     def keep_document(self, score):
-        return score[0] >= self._cutoff
+        if self._lang_code:
+            return score[1] == self._lang_code
+        else:
+            return score[0] >= self._cutoff
 
     def _load_model(self):
         return fasttext.load_model(self._model_path)
diff --git a/tutorials/bitext_cleaning/main.py b/tutorials/bitext_cleaning/main.py
index 58e52ed50..7751baf00 100644
--- a/tutorials/bitext_cleaning/main.py
+++ b/tutorials/bitext_cleaning/main.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from nemo_curator import ParallelScoreFilter, Sequential
 from nemo_curator.datasets.parallel_dataset import ParallelDataset
 from nemo_curator.filters import (
+    FastTextLangId,
     HistogramFilter,
     LengthRatioFilter,
     QualityEstimationFilter,
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR_PATH, "data")
 
+# If you want to test FastText language ID,
+# download the model from here first then update this with your local model path (https://dl.fbaipublicfiles.com/fasttext/supervised-models/lid.176.ftz)
+FAST_TEXT_MODEL_DIR = ""
+
 
 def download_files() -> str:
     downloader = TedTalksDownloader(DATA_DIR)
@@ -67,6 +72,15 @@ def filter_dataset(dataset: ParallelDataset, gpu: bool = False) -> ParallelDatas
         ]
     )
 
+    if FAST_TEXT_MODEL_DIR:
+        filters.modules.append(
+            ParallelScoreFilter(
+                FastTextLangId(model_path=FAST_TEXT_MODEL_DIR, lang=SRC_LANG),
+                FastTextLangId(model_path=FAST_TEXT_MODEL_DIR, lang=TGT_LANG),
+                score_type=str,
+            )
+        )
+
     if gpu:
         filters.modules.append(
             QualityEstimationFilter(