diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 540c132..f32bb39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 whisperx.egg-info/
 **/__pycache__/
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# Virtual environment
+venv/
+env/
+.venv/
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 44de0cf..caaa730 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 torch>=2
 torchaudio>=2
-faster-whisper==1.0.2
+faster-whisper==1.0.3
 ctranslate2==4.4.0
 transformers
 pandas
diff --git a/whisperx/asr.py b/whisperx/asr.py
index 42faa30..234034e 100644
--- a/whisperx/asr.py
+++ b/whisperx/asr.py
@@ -355,4 +355,4 @@ def load_model(whisper_arch,
         language=language,
         suppress_numerals=suppress_numerals,
         vad_params=default_vad_options,
-    )
+    )
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