diff --git a/VoiceInk/Services/ParakeetTranscriptionService.swift b/VoiceInk/Services/ParakeetTranscriptionService.swift
index ae837fa..8784aa7 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Services/ParakeetTranscriptionService.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Services/ParakeetTranscriptionService.swift
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ class ParakeetTranscriptionService: TranscriptionService {
             throw ASRError.notInitialized
         }
         
-        // Reset the decoder state before each transcription to ensure no state leaks from previous runs
-        try await asrManager.resetDecoderState(for: .microphone)
-        
         let audioSamples = try readAudioSamples(from: audioURL)
         
         // Validate audio data before transcription
@@ -84,7 +81,9 @@ class ParakeetTranscriptionService: TranscriptionService {
         
         let result = try await asrManager.transcribe(audioSamples)
         
+        // Reset decoder state and cleanup after transcription to avoid blocking the transcription start
         Task {
+            try? await asrManager.resetDecoderState(for: .microphone)
             asrManager.cleanup()
             isModelLoaded = false
             logger.notice("🦜 Parakeet ASR models cleaned up from memory")
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/Metrics/MetricsContent.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/Metrics/MetricsContent.swift
index 5b87775..80aa977 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Views/Metrics/MetricsContent.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/Metrics/MetricsContent.swift
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct MetricsContent: View {
                 color: .green
             )
             MetricCard(
-                title: "WPM",
+                title: "Average Words/Minute",
                 value: String(format: "%.1f", averageWordsPerMinute),
                 icon: "speedometer",
                 color: .orange