diff --git a/bark.cpp b/bark.cpp
index 6e99d99..6ab0a69 100644
--- a/bark.cpp
+++ b/bark.cpp
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static bool bark_model_load(std::ifstream & fin,
 #ifdef GGML_USE_CUDA
     if (n_gpu_layers > 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: using CUDA backend\n", __func__);
-        model.backend = ggml_backend_cuda_init();
+        model.backend = ggml_backend_cuda_init(0);
         if (!model.backend) {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: ggml_backend_cuda_init() failed\n", __func__);
         }