diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7bdea8e5..58b9c1a3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ RUN mkdir -p /out/bin/cli \
 FROM python:3.11-slim AS runtime
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    HOST=0.0.0.0 \
-    PORT=8080 \
-    DATABASE_PATH=/app/data/scriberr.db \
-    UPLOAD_DIR=/app/data/uploads \
-    APP_ENV=production \
-    PUID=1000 \
-    PGID=1000
+  HOST=0.0.0.0 \
+  PORT=8080 \
+  DATABASE_PATH=/app/data/scriberr.db \
+  UPLOAD_DIR=/app/data/uploads \
+  WHISPERX_ENV=/app/whisperx-env \
+  APP_ENV=production \
+  PUID=1000 \
+  PGID=1000
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Build tools: gcc, g++, make for compiling Python C extensions (needed for NeMo dependencies like texterrors)
 RUN apt-get update \
   && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-       curl ca-certificates ffmpeg git gosu \
-       build-essential gcc g++ make python3-dev unzip\
+  curl ca-certificates ffmpeg git gosu \
+  build-essential gcc g++ make python3-dev unzip\
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install uv (fast Python package manager) directly to system PATH
diff --git a/Dockerfile.cuda b/Dockerfile.cuda
index 06eb24f8..ea1fdf4a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cuda
+++ b/Dockerfile.cuda
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
   PORT=8080 \
   DATABASE_PATH=/app/data/scriberr.db \
   UPLOAD_DIR=/app/data/uploads \
+  WHISPERX_ENV=/app/whisperx-env \
   APP_ENV=production \
   PUID=1000 \
   PGID=1000 \
diff --git a/docker-compose.cuda.yml b/docker-compose.cuda.yml
index 3e1a5225..573d5547 100644
--- a/docker-compose.cuda.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.cuda.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ services:
       - "8080:8080"
     volumes:
       - scriberr_data:/app/data
+      - env_data:/app/whisperx-env
     restart: unless-stopped
     deploy:
       resources:
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   scriberr_data: {}
+  env_data: {}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b20e05ad..86f56fca 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ services:
       - "8080:8080"
     volumes:
       - scriberr_data:/app/data
+      - env_data:/app/whisperx-env
     environment:
       # Security: already set in container, but can be overridden
       - APP_ENV=production
@@ -13,6 +14,5 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
 volumes:
-  scriberr_data:
-
-
+  scriberr_data: {}
+  env_data: {}