diff --git a/services/wyoming/whisper.kubernetes-deployment.yaml b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-deployment.yaml
similarity index 58%
rename from services/wyoming/whisper.kubernetes-deployment.yaml
rename to services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-deployment.yaml
index 7b6e483..9e0dbe2 100644
--- a/services/wyoming/whisper.kubernetes-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-deployment.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: wyoming-whisper
-
-
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -31,25 +29,21 @@ spec:
 
       containers:
         - name: wyoming-whisper
-          image: linuxserver/faster-whisper
+          image: rhasspy/wyoming-whisper
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /data 
+              name: data
+          args:
+            - --model
+            - small-int8
+            - --language
+            - pt
+            - --beam-size
+            - "4"
+            - --debug
           ports:
             - containerPort: 10300
-              hostPort: 10300
-          env:
-            - name: WHISPER_MODEL
-              value: small-int8 # turbo
-            - name: WHISPER_LANG
-              value: pt
-            - name: OMP_NUM_THREADS
-              value: "4"
-            - name: BEAM
-              value: "4" 
-
-          # args: ["--threads", "8"]
-          # resources:
-          #   requests:
-          #     cpu: "500m"
-          #     memory: "1Gi"
-          #   limits:
-          #     cpu: "1"
-          #     memory: "2Gi"
+      volumes:
+        - name: data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: wyoming-whisper
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diff --git a/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-pvc.yaml b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aefd1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: wyoming-whisper
+  namespace: casa-services
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+  - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 8Gi
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diff --git a/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-service.yaml b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b34732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/wyoming/chimera/whisper-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: wyoming-whisper
+  namespace: casa-services
+  labels:
+    app: wyoming-whisper
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  loadBalancerIP: 192.168.14.201 # requires metallb
+  selector:
+    app: wyoming-whisper
+  ports:
+    - port: 10300
+      targetPort: 10300
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