diff --git a/management/commands/transcribe.py b/management/commands/transcribe.py
index 8bf1e95..4350251 100644
--- a/management/commands/transcribe.py
+++ b/management/commands/transcribe.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             default=None, help='import into layer (default subtitle layer)')
         parser.add_argument('--translate', type=str, dest='translate',
                             default='', help='list of languages to translate: (i.e. hi:en,de:en')
+        parser.add_argument('--model', type=str, dest='model',
+                            default='small', help='whisper model (small, large-v3-turbo, default: small)')
         parser.add_argument('--gpu', action='store_true', dest='gpu',
                             default=False, help='user GPU (default: disabled)')
         parser.add_argument('--join-sentences', action='store_true', dest='join_sentences',
diff --git a/transcribe.py b/transcribe.py
index 186f0e0..fcce57f 100644
--- a/transcribe.py
+++ b/transcribe.py
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ def main(**kwargs):
                     translate,
                     kwargs.get("gpu"),
                     join_sentences=kwargs.get("join_sentences"),
+                    model=kwargs.get("model", "small")
                 ):
                     done.items.add(item)
                     queue.items.remove(item)