diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a696309b9..5e9f5caf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
+
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11.9"
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             dist/Buzz*-windows.exe
             dist/Buzz*-mac.dmg
-            dist/buzz-*.deb
+            dist/buzz_*.whl
 
   publish-pypi:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b67c5d9fb..fa83e2209 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "whisper.cpp"]
 	path = whisper.cpp
-	url = https://github.com/chidiwilliams/whisper.cpp
+	url = https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7732781ed..4554649d1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
 7. Enter repo folder `cd buzz`
 8. Copy `whisper.dll` from the repo backup to `buzz` folder. 
 ```
-cp .\dll_backup\whisper.dll .\buzz\
+cp .\dll_backup\*.dll .\buzz\
 ```
 9. Activate the virtual environment `poetry shell`
 10. Install the dependencies `poetry install`
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b70f24f8..b83ebbd71 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,15 +61,20 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	endif
 else
 	ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
-		CMAKE_FLAGS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+		CMAKE_FLAGS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 	endif
 endif
 
 buzz/$(LIBWHISPER):
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	cp dll_backup/whisper.dll buzz || true
+	cp dll_backup/SDL2.dll buzz || true
+else
 	cmake -S whisper.cpp -B whisper.cpp/build/ $(CMAKE_FLAGS)
 	cmake --build whisper.cpp/build --verbose
 	cp whisper.cpp/build/bin/Debug/$(LIBWHISPER) buzz || true
 	cp whisper.cpp/build/$(LIBWHISPER) buzz || true
+endif
 
 buzz/whisper_cpp.py: buzz/$(LIBWHISPER)
 	cd buzz && ctypesgen ../whisper.cpp/whisper.h -lwhisper -o whisper_cpp.py
diff --git a/dll_backup/Readme.md b/dll_backup/Readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecb57e326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dll_backup/Readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+DLLs extracted from whisper.cpp release v1.6.2 
+https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/actions/runs/9251036100
+https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/commit/c7b6988678779901d02ceba1a8212d2c9908956e
+
+whisper.cpp submodule commit version should match the commit where the 
+whisper.dll are extracted from to ensure compatibility.
diff --git a/dll_backup/SDL2.dll b/dll_backup/SDL2.dll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e26bcb1c3
Binary files /dev/null and b/dll_backup/SDL2.dll differ
diff --git a/dll_backup/whisper.dll b/dll_backup/whisper.dll
index 67d99a127..633079d5b 100644
Binary files a/dll_backup/whisper.dll and b/dll_backup/whisper.dll differ
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 3b8c2dff5..c7b698867 160000
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3b8c2dff5729585f931a885fe9389f94253da71a
+Subproject commit c7b6988678779901d02ceba1a8212d2c9908956e