diff --git a/examples/parakeet-cli/README.md b/examples/parakeet-cli/README.md
index 25a3f1e4..dfe58f57 100644
--- a/examples/parakeet-cli/README.md
+++ b/examples/parakeet-cli/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ options:
   -f,     --file FILE         [       ] input audio file
   -ng,    --no-gpu            [false  ] disable GPU
   -dev N, --device N          [0      ] GPU device to use
-  -fa,    --flash-attn        [true   ] enable flash attention
+  -fa,    --flash-attn        [false  ] enable flash attention
   -nfa,   --no-flash-attn     [false  ] disable flash attention
   -ps,    --print-segments    [false  ] print segment information
 ```
diff --git a/examples/parakeet-cli/parakeet-cli.cpp b/examples/parakeet-cli/parakeet-cli.cpp
index bdb1739c..35f23819 100644
--- a/examples/parakeet-cli/parakeet-cli.cpp
+++ b/examples/parakeet-cli/parakeet-cli.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static bool parakeet_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, parakeet_params & para
         else if (arg == "-f"    || arg == "--file")            { params.fname_inp.emplace_back(ARGV_NEXT); }
         else if (arg == "-ng"   || arg == "--no-gpu")          { params.use_gpu           = false; }
         else if (arg == "-dev"  || arg == "--device")          { params.gpu_device        = std::stoi(ARGV_NEXT); }
-        else if (arg == "-fa"   || arg == "--flash-attn")      { params.flash_attn        = true; }
+        else if (arg == "-fa"   || arg == "--flash-attn")      { params.flash_attn        = false; }
         else if (arg == "-nfa"  || arg == "--no-flash-attn")   { params.flash_attn        = false; }
         else if (arg == "-ps"   || arg == "--print-segments")  { params.print_segments    = true; }
         else {