diff --git a/src/stt.zig b/src/stt.zig
index a268a57..3f6bfbb 100644
--- a/src/stt.zig
+++ b/src/stt.zig
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ pub const Session = struct {
 
         // Silence detection parameters
         const silence_threshold: i16 = self.options.silence_threshold;
-        const silence_duration_ms: u64 = 500;
+        const silence_duration_ms: u64 = 300;
         const min_speech_duration_ms: u64 = 300;
         const samples_per_ms = 16; // This assumes 16kHz audio