diff --git a/transcribe.py b/transcribe.py
index b750f8c..186f0e0 100644
--- a/transcribe.py
+++ b/transcribe.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def prepare_joint_annotations(result, target_length=200):
     return annotations
 
 
-def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False, join_sentences=False):
+def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False, join_sentences=False, model="small"):
     language = None
     if "language" not in item.data:
         language = None
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False, join_sentences=Fa
 
     run_py = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "run_whisper.py")
     cmd = ["/opt/whisper-timestamped/bin/python", run_py]
+    cmd += ["--model", model]
     if language:
         cmd += ["--language", language]
         if translate and language in translate:
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ def extract_subtitles(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False, join_sentences=Fa
     return True
 
 
-def extract_subtitles_cmd(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False):
+def extract_subtitles_cmd(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False, model="small"):
     if "language" not in item.data:
         language = None
     else:
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ def extract_subtitles_cmd(item, user, layer, translate, gpu=False):
     src = item.streams()[0].media.path
 
     tmp = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    cmd = ["/opt/whisper-timestamped/bin/whisper_timestamped", "--model", "turbo"]
+    cmd = ["/opt/whisper-timestamped/bin/whisper_timestamped", "--model", model]
     if language:
         cmd += ["--language", language]
         if translate and language in translate: