diff --git a/scraibe/misc.py b/scraibe/misc.py
index 106b9e1..4a3de57 100644
--- a/scraibe/misc.py
+++ b/scraibe/misc.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import yaml
 from argparse import Action
 from ast import literal_eval
+from torch.cuda import is_available
 
 CACHE_DIR = os.getenv(
     "AUTOT_CACHE",
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = os.path.join(PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH, "config.yaml") \
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(PYANNOTE_DEFAULT_PATH, "config.yaml")) \
     else ('Jaikinator/ScrAIbe', 'pyannote/speaker-diarization-3.1')
 
+SCRAIBE_TORCH_DEVICE =  os.getenv("SCRAIBE_TORCH_DEVICE", "cuda" if is_available() else "cpu")
 
 def config_diarization_yaml(file_path: str, path_to_segmentation: str = None) -> None:
     """Configure diarization pipeline from a YAML file.