diff --git a/src/stt_api.py b/src/stt_api.py
index d89abfd..506ac8a 100644
--- a/src/stt_api.py
+++ b/src/stt_api.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 runner_audio_transcriber = LocalRunner(
     WhisperHFRunnable,
     name="audio_transcriber",
+    runnable_init_params={
+        "model_id": "distil-whisper/distil-large-v3",
+    },
     batch_params=BatchParameters(max_size=32),
 )
 vad_executor_pool = ProcessPoolExecutor()