diff --git a/coreml/whisper-encoder.mm b/coreml/whisper-encoder.mm
index 6cd90edf..69c1484c 100644
--- a/coreml/whisper-encoder.mm
+++ b/coreml/whisper-encoder.mm
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ struct whisper_coreml_context * whisper_coreml_init(const char * path_model) {
 
     NSURL * url_model = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: path_model_str];
 
-    const void * data = CFBridgingRetain([[whisper_encoder_impl alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url_model error:nil]);
+    // select which device to run the Core ML model on
+    MLModelConfiguration *config = [[MLModelConfiguration alloc] init];
+    //config.computeUnits = MLComputeUnitsCPUAndGPU;
+    config.computeUnits = MLComputeUnitsCPUAndNeuralEngine;
+    //config.computeUnits = MLComputeUnitsAll;
+
+    const void * data = CFBridgingRetain([[whisper_encoder_impl alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url_model configuration:config error:nil]);
 
     if (data == NULL) {
         return NULL;