diff --git a/api/fast-whisper/fast-whisper.yaml b/api/fast-whisper/fast-whisper.yaml
index eaa4d79..00619bb 100644
--- a/api/fast-whisper/fast-whisper.yaml
+++ b/api/fast-whisper/fast-whisper.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: MAX_NO_DATA_SECONDS
           value: "100.0"
+        - name: WHISPER_MODEL
+          value: "Systran/faster-distil-whisper-medium.en"