diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index ecd0490..6b6b3b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       run: hugo --minify
 
     - name: Deploy
+      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
       uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/assets/js/modelFactories.js b/assets/js/modelFactories.js
index cff72a6..0fb9ba9 100644
--- a/assets/js/modelFactories.js
+++ b/assets/js/modelFactories.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function createModelLoader(model_name) {
   const load_model = async ({ progress_callback = undefined }) => {
     if (model === null) {
       model = await pipeline("automatic-speech-recognition", model_name, {
+        quantized: true,
         progress_callback,
       });
     }
diff --git a/assets/js/whisper.worker.js b/assets/js/whisper.worker.js
index fc5df29..014ba09 100644
--- a/assets/js/whisper.worker.js
+++ b/assets/js/whisper.worker.js
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ async function transcribe(audio, model_name) {
   });
   sendLoadingMessage("success");
 
-  const stride_length_s = 5;
+  const isDistilWhisper = model_name.includes("distil-whisper");
+  const stride_length_s = isDistilWhisper ? 3 : 5;
   const generationTracker = new GenerationTracker(pipeline, stride_length_s);
+
   await pipeline(audio, {
-    top_k: 0, // TODO: make this configurable via request
-    do_sample: false, // TODO: make this configurable via request
-    chunk_length_s: 30, // TODO: make this configurable via request
-    stride_length_s: stride_length_s, // TODO: make this configurable via request
+    top_k: 0,
+    do_sample: false,
+    chunk_length_s: isDistilWhisper ? 20 : 30,
+    stride_length_s: stride_length_s,
     return_timestamps: true,
+    force_full_sequences: false,
     callback_function:
       generationTracker.callbackFunction.bind(generationTracker),
     chunk_callback: generationTracker.chunkCallback.bind(generationTracker),