diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index e2c8067b..ff34b9b1 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ winreg = "0.52.0"
 # macOS
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 # TODO: use metal? https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/discussions/1722
-vibe_core = { path = "../../core", features = ["coreml"] }
+vibe_core = { path = "../../core", features = ["coreml", "metal"] }
 cocoa = "0.25.0"
 screencapturekit = { version = "0.2.8", features = ["ci"] }
 screencapturekit-sys = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/scripts/pre_build.js b/scripts/pre_build.js
index 9c6e33f3..a92c1da2 100755
--- a/scripts/pre_build.js
+++ b/scripts/pre_build.js
@@ -266,9 +266,8 @@ if (process.env.GITHUB_ENV) {
 		await fs.appendFile(process.env.GITHUB_ENV, ffmpeg)
 	}
 	if (platform == 'macos') {
-		// TODO: handle metal
-		// const embed_metal = 'WHISPER_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON'
-		// await fs.appendFile(process.env.GITHUB_ENV, embed_metal)
+		const embed_metal = 'WHISPER_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON'
+		await fs.appendFile(process.env.GITHUB_ENV, embed_metal)
 	}
 	if (platform == 'windows') {
 		const openblas = `OPENBLAS_PATH=${exports.openBlas}\n`