diff --git a/src/supervised_hybrid/segment.py b/src/supervised_hybrid/segment.py
index 754a30a..103de5f 100644
--- a/src/supervised_hybrid/segment.py
+++ b/src/supervised_hybrid/segment.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def pdac(
     max_segment_length: float,
     min_segment_length: float,
     threshold: float,
+    not_strict: bool
 ) -> list[Segment]:
     """applies the probabilistic Divide-and-Conquer algorithm to split an audio
     into segments satisfying the max-segment-length and min-segment-length conditions
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ def pdac(
         max_segment_length (float): the maximum length of a segment
         min_segment_length (float): the minimum length of a segment
         threshold (float): probability threshold
+        not_strict (bool): whether segments longer than max are allowed
 
     Returns:
         list[Segment]: resulting segmentation
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ def recusrive_split(sgm):
             while j < len(sorted_indices):
                 split_idx = sorted_indices[j]
                 split_prob = sgm.probs[split_idx]
-                if split_prob > threshold:
+                if not_strict and split_prob > threshold:
                     segments.append(sgm)
                     break
 
@@ -132,7 +134,13 @@ def recusrive_split(sgm):
                     break
                 j += 1
             else:
-                segments.append(sgm)
+                if not_strict:
+                    segments.append(sgm)
+                else:
+                    if sgm_a.duration > min_segment_length:
+                        recusrive_split(sgm_a)
+                    if sgm_b.duration > min_segment_length:
+                        recusrive_split(sgm_b)
 
     recusrive_split(sgm)
 
@@ -231,6 +239,7 @@ def segment(args):
             args.dac_max_segment_length,
             args.dac_min_segment_length,
             args.dac_threshold,
+            args.not_strict
         )
 
         yaml_content = update_yaml_content(yaml_content, segments, wav_path.name)
@@ -316,6 +325,13 @@ def segment(args):
         help="after each split by the algorithm, the resulting segments are trimmed to"
         "the first and last points that corresponds to a probability above this value",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--not_strict",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="whether segments longer than max are allowed."
+        "If this argument is used, respecting the classification threshold conditions (p > thr)"
+        "is more important than the length conditions (len < max)."
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     segment(args)