diff --git a/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift b/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
index 9a0344f..8103166 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/HotkeyManager.swift
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class HotkeyManager: ObservableObject {
     
     init(whisperState: WhisperState) {
         self.isPushToTalkEnabled = UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "isPushToTalkEnabled")
-        self.pushToTalkKey = PushToTalkKey(rawValue: UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "pushToTalkKey") ?? "") ?? .rightOption
+        self.pushToTalkKey = PushToTalkKey(rawValue: UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "pushToTalkKey") ?? "") ?? .rightCommand
         self.whisperState = whisperState
         
         updateShortcutStatus()
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Models/PowerModeConfig.swift b/VoiceInk/Models/PowerModeConfig.swift
index 5b93bd5..e932402 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Models/PowerModeConfig.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Models/PowerModeConfig.swift
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PowerModeManager: ObservableObject {
             defaultConfig = PowerModeConfig(
                 bundleIdentifier: "default",
                 appName: "Default Configuration",
-                isAIEnhancementEnabled: true,
+                isAIEnhancementEnabled: false,
                 selectedPrompt: nil
             )
             saveDefaultConfig()
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/LanguageSelectionView.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/LanguageSelectionView.swift
index f8e7dec..2b7f200 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Views/LanguageSelectionView.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/LanguageSelectionView.swift
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 struct LanguageSelectionView: View {
     @ObservedObject var whisperState: WhisperState
-    @State private var selectedLanguage: String = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "SelectedLanguage") ?? "auto"
+    @State private var selectedLanguage: String = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "SelectedLanguage") ?? "en"
     
     let languages = [
         "auto": "Auto-detect",
diff --git a/VoiceInk/WhisperState.swift b/VoiceInk/WhisperState.swift
index a0a627b..81c4d2d 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/WhisperState.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/WhisperState.swift
@@ -270,36 +270,28 @@ class WhisperState: NSObject, ObservableObject, AVAudioRecorderDelegate {
                             self.recordedFile = file
                             self.transcriptionStartTime = Date()
                             
-                            // Handle all parallel tasks
-                            await withTaskGroup(of: Void.self) { group in
-                                // Task 1: Configuration detection
-                                group.addTask {
-                                    await ActiveWindowService.shared.applyConfigurationForCurrentApp()
+                            // Handle tasks sequentially
+                            // Step 1: Apply power mode configuration
+                            await ActiveWindowService.shared.applyConfigurationForCurrentApp()
+                            
+                            // Step 2: Handle screen capture if enabled by the configuration
+                            if let enhancementService = self.enhancementService,
+                               enhancementService.isEnhancementEnabled &&
+                               enhancementService.useScreenCaptureContext {
+                                await MainActor.run {
+                                    self.messageLog += "Capturing screen context...\n"
                                 }
-                                
-                                // Task 2: Screen capture if enabled
-                                if let enhancementService = self.enhancementService,
-                                   enhancementService.isEnhancementEnabled &&
-                                   enhancementService.useScreenCaptureContext {
-                                    group.addTask {
-                                        await MainActor.run {
-                                            self.messageLog += "Capturing screen context...\n"
-                                        }
-                                        await enhancementService.captureScreenContext()
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                
-                                // Task 3: Model loading if needed
-                                if let currentModel = self.currentModel, self.whisperContext == nil {
-                                    group.addTask {
-                                        do {
-                                            try await self.loadModel(currentModel)
-                                        } catch {
-                                            await MainActor.run {
-                                                print("Error preloading model: \(error.localizedDescription)")
-                                                self.messageLog += "Error preloading model: \(error.localizedDescription)\n"
-                                            }
-                                        }
+                                await enhancementService.captureScreenContext()
+                            }
+                            
+                            // Step 3: Load model if needed
+                            if let currentModel = self.currentModel, self.whisperContext == nil {
+                                do {
+                                    try await self.loadModel(currentModel)
+                                } catch {
+                                    await MainActor.run {
+                                        print("Error preloading model: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                                        self.messageLog += "Error preloading model: \(error.localizedDescription)\n"
                                     }
                                 }
                             }