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 b750f8c..fcce57f 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:
@@ -240,6 +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)