diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
index a9aa93e08..7695ed103 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/audio.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def set_faster_whisper_model(model: str, auto_update: bool = False):
 
         faster_whisper_kwargs = {
             "model_size_or_path": model,
-            "device": DEVICE_TYPE if DEVICE_TYPE and DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda" else "cpu",
+            "device": "cpu",
             "compute_type": "int8",
             "download_root": WHISPER_MODEL_DIR,
             "local_files_only": not auto_update,