diff --git a/gliclass/data_processing.py b/gliclass/data_processing.py
index f9bfc12..ada835f 100644
--- a/gliclass/data_processing.py
+++ b/gliclass/data_processing.py
@@ -486,7 +486,9 @@ def __call__(self, batch):
         for key in keys:
             key_data = [item[key] for item in batch]
             if isinstance(key_data[0], torch.Tensor):
-                if key_data[0].dim() == 1:
+                if key_data[0].dim() == 0:
+                    padded_batch[key] = torch.stack(key_data)
+                elif key_data[0].dim() == 1:
                     padded_batch[key] = pad_sequence(key_data, batch_first=True)
                 elif key_data[0].dim() == 2:
                     padded_batch[key] = pad_2d_tensor(key_data)
diff --git a/tests/test_data_processing.py b/tests/test_data_processing.py
index d71d7b0..4e2640d 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_processing.py
@@ -3,7 +3,31 @@
 import pytest
 import torch
 
-from gliclass.data_processing import pad_2d_tensor
+from gliclass.data_processing import DataCollatorWithPadding, pad_2d_tensor
+
+
+def test_collator_stacks_scalar_labels_for_single_label_classification():
+    collator = DataCollatorWithPadding(device="cpu")
+    batch = [
+        {
+            "input_ids": torch.tensor([1, 2]),
+            "attention_mask": torch.tensor([1, 1]),
+            "labels": torch.tensor(0),
+            "labels_text": ["first"],
+        },
+        {
+            "input_ids": torch.tensor([3]),
+            "attention_mask": torch.tensor([1]),
+            "labels": torch.tensor(1),
+            "labels_text": ["second"],
+        },
+    ]
+
+    result = collator(batch)
+
+    assert torch.equal(result["labels"], torch.tensor([0, 1]))
+    assert result["labels"].shape == (2,)
+    assert result["max_num_classes"] == 1
 
 
 class TestPad2DTensor: