diff --git a/examples/addon.node/addon.cpp b/examples/addon.node/addon.cpp
index 30acbc6a..ba3c3eda 100644
--- a/examples/addon.node/addon.cpp
+++ b/examples/addon.node/addon.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int run(whisper_params &params, std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> &result) {
 
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
 
diff --git a/examples/bench/bench.cpp b/examples/bench/bench.cpp
index 949e5737..60d10a2c 100644
--- a/examples/bench/bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/bench/bench.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void whisper_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const whisper_params & para
 int whisper_bench_full(const whisper_params & params) {
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/command/command.cpp b/examples/command/command.cpp
index 51d800a2..0ab7b67b 100644
--- a/examples/command/command.cpp
+++ b/examples/command/command.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/lsp/lsp.cpp b/examples/lsp/lsp.cpp
index 8d8b6ffa..e5f8360f 100644
--- a/examples/lsp/lsp.cpp
+++ b/examples/lsp/lsp.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     // whisper init
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
     // init audio
diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index c92e9e05..6ece0a7a 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 4cfc2946..b11f44f2 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ bool is_file_exist(const char *fileName)
     return infile.good();
 }
 
-void whisper_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const whisper_params & params,
-                         const server_params& sparams) {
+void whisper_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const whisper_params & params, const server_params& sparams) {
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [options] \n", argv[0]);
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
@@ -525,7 +524,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         check_ffmpeg_availibility();
     }
     // whisper init
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/stream/stream.cpp b/examples/stream/stream.cpp
index 47f1780b..afdc04ae 100644
--- a/examples/stream/stream.cpp
+++ b/examples/stream/stream.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         exit(0);
     }
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp b/examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp
index 8942a3fc..9f18a39a 100644
--- a/examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp
+++ b/examples/talk-llama/talk-llama.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx_wsp = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model_wsp.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/talk/talk.cpp b/examples/talk/talk.cpp
index cdb1a230..f9de3048 100644
--- a/examples/talk/talk.cpp
+++ b/examples/talk/talk.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     // whisper init
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx_wsp = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model_wsp.c_str(), cparams);
diff --git a/examples/wchess/wchess.cmd/wchess.cmd.cpp b/examples/wchess/wchess.cmd/wchess.cmd.cpp
index 88771b4a..f66b1765 100644
--- a/examples/wchess/wchess.cmd/wchess.cmd.cpp
+++ b/examples/wchess/wchess.cmd/wchess.cmd.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // whisper init
 
-    struct whisper_context_params cparams;
+    struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();
     cparams.use_gpu = params.use_gpu;
 
     struct whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(params.model.c_str(), cparams);