diff --git a/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake b/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
index afa405c..f1ccf37 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
@@ -2,18 +2,24 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 
 set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES_ "arm64$<SEMICOLON>x86_64")
 
+set(Whispercpp_Build_GIT_TAG "ccc85b4ff8d250d0f25ebcac2be0e4a23401c885")
+
 if(${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL Release OR ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL RelWithDebInfo)
   set(Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 else()
   set(Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
 endif()
 
-# On linux add the `-fPIC` flag to the compiler
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  # On linux add the `-fPIC` flag to the compiler
   set(WHISPER_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC")
   set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_BLAS=OFF -DWHISPER_CUBLAS=OFF -DWHISPER_OPENBLAS=OFF -DWHISPER_NO_AVX=ON
                                     -DWHISPER_NO_AVX2=ON)
 endif()
+if(APPLE)
+  # disable Metal on MacOS as it hurts performance right now
+  set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_METAL=OFF)
+endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
   if(LOCALVOCAL_WITH_CUDA)
@@ -47,15 +53,17 @@ if(WIN32)
     Whispercpp_Build
     DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP true
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git
-    GIT_TAG f96e1c5b7865e01fece99f69286d922d949a260d
+    GIT_TAG ${Whispercpp_Build_GIT_TAG}
     BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
       <INSTALL_DIR>/lib/static/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}whisper${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
       <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}whisper${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
       <INSTALL_DIR>/lib/${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_PREFIX}whisper${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
-                    copy <BINARY_DIR>/${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}/whisper.lib <INSTALL_DIR>/lib
+    INSTALL_COMMAND
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+      <BINARY_DIR>/${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}/whisper.lib <INSTALL_DIR>/lib && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+      <SOURCE_DIR>/ggml.h <INSTALL_DIR>/include
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND
       ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_ENV} ${CMAKE_COMMAND} <SOURCE_DIR> -B <BINARY_DIR> -G
       ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
@@ -73,11 +81,12 @@ else()
     Whispercpp_Build
     DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP true
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp.git
-    GIT_TAG f96e1c5b7865e01fece99f69286d922d949a260d
+    GIT_TAG ${Whispercpp_Build_GIT_TAG}
     BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS <INSTALL_DIR>/lib/static/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}whisper${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE} && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E
+                    copy <SOURCE_DIR>/ggml.h <INSTALL_DIR>/include
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND
       ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_ENV} ${CMAKE_COMMAND} <SOURCE_DIR> -B <BINARY_DIR> -G
       ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
diff --git a/src/whisper-processing.cpp b/src/whisper-processing.cpp
index 75be45c..be78d42 100644
--- a/src/whisper-processing.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper-processing.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ struct whisper_context *init_whisper_context(const std::string &model_path)
 {
 	obs_log(LOG_INFO, "Loading whisper model from %s", model_path.c_str());
 
+	struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	// convert model path UTF8 to wstring (wchar_t) for whisper
 	int count = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, model_path.c_str(), (int)model_path.length(),
@@ -133,9 +135,11 @@ struct whisper_context *init_whisper_context(const std::string &model_path)
 	modelFile.close();
 
 	// Initialize whisper
-	struct whisper_context *ctx = whisper_init_from_buffer(modelBuffer.data(), modelFileSize);
+	struct whisper_context *ctx =
+		whisper_init_from_buffer_with_params(modelBuffer.data(), modelFileSize, cparams);
 #else
-	struct whisper_context *ctx = whisper_init_from_file(model_path.c_str());
+	struct whisper_context *ctx =
+		whisper_init_from_file_with_params(model_path.c_str(), cparams);
 #endif
 
 	if (ctx == nullptr) {
@@ -372,6 +376,10 @@ void whisper_loop(void *data)
 	// Thread main loop
 	while (true) {
 		{
+			if (gf->whisper_ctx_mutex == nullptr) {
+				obs_log(LOG_WARNING, "whisper_ctx_mutex is null, exiting thread");
+				break;
+			}
 			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(*gf->whisper_ctx_mutex);
 			if (gf->whisper_context == nullptr) {
 				obs_log(LOG_WARNING, "Whisper context is null, exiting thread");