diff --git a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/stt.py b/01OS/01OS/server/stt/stt.py
index 9ee0999..2a57c9b 100644
--- a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/stt.py
+++ b/01OS/01OS/server/stt/stt.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def run_command(command):
 
 def get_transcription_file(wav_file_path: str):
     local_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'local_service')
-    whisper_rust_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'whisper-rust')
+    whisper_rust_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'whisper-rust', 'target', 'release')
     model_name = os.getenv('WHISPER_MODEL_NAME')
     if not model_name:
         raise EnvironmentError("WHISPER_MODEL_NAME environment variable is not set.")
diff --git a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/README.md b/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c8c02..0000000
--- a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Setup
-
-To rebuild the `whisper-rust` executable, do the following:
-
-1. Install [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install), cmake, and Python dependencies `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
-2. Go to **core/stt** and run `cargo build --release`.
-3. Move the `whisper-rust` executable from target/release to this directory.
diff --git a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/whisper-rust b/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/whisper-rust
deleted file mode 100755
index 14a9042..0000000
Binary files a/01OS/01OS/server/stt/whisper-rust/whisper-rust and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/01OS/start.sh b/01OS/start.sh
index 9409853..0918533 100755
--- a/01OS/start.sh
+++ b/01OS/start.sh
@@ -71,12 +71,33 @@ if [[ "$ALL_LOCAL" == "True" ]]; then
 
     ## WHISPER
     
-    WHISPER_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/01OS/server/stt/local_service"
-    if [[ ! -f "${WHISPER_PATH}/${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}" ]]; then
-        mkdir -p "${WHISPER_PATH}"
-        curl -L "${WHISPER_MODEL_URL}${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}" -o "${WHISPER_PATH}/${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}"
+    CWD=$(pwd)
+
+    STT_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/01OS/server/stt"
+    WHISPER_RUST_PATH="${STT_PATH}/whisper-rust"
+    cd ${WHISPER_RUST_PATH}
+
+    # Check if whisper-rust executable exists
+    if [[ ! -f "${WHISPER_RUST_PATH}/target/release/whisper-rust" ]]; then
+
+        # Check if Rust is installed. Needed to build whisper executable
+        if ! command -v rustc &> /dev/null; then
+            echo "Rust is not installed or is not in system PATH. Please install Rust before proceeding."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # Build the Whisper Rust executable
+        cargo build --release
+    fi
+
+    WHISPER_MODEL_PATH="${STT_PATH}/local_service"
+    if [[ ! -f "${WHISPER_MODEL_PATH}/${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "${WHISPER_MODEL_PATH}"
+        curl -L "${WHISPER_MODEL_URL}${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}" -o "${WHISPER_MODEL_PATH}/${WHISPER_MODEL_NAME}"
     fi
 
+    cd $CWD
+
     ## PIPER
 
     PIPER_FOLDER_PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/01OS/server/tts/local_service"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e27e5a5..d859ea7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ brew install portaudio ffmpeg
 sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev ffmpeg
 ```
 
+If you want to run local speech-to-text using Whisper, install Rust. Follow the instructions given [here](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
+
 ## Setup for usage (experimental):
 
 ```bash