diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 726a01c..d631490 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ services:
       ENABLE_UI: true
       CHAT_COMPLETION_BASE_URL: "http://ollama:11434/v1"
       CHAT_COMPLETION_API_KEY: "this-is-a-place-holder"
+      PRELOAD_MODELS: '["Systran/faster-whisper-large-v3"]'
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://0.0.0.0:8000/health"] # TODO: won't work if a user changes the port
       interval: 30s