diff --git a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/ctranslate2-transcriber.ts b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/ctranslate2-transcriber.ts
index 29801a0d3a63..01b9739a3355 100644
--- a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/ctranslate2-transcriber.ts
+++ b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/ctranslate2-transcriber.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ export class Ctranslate2Transcriber extends OpenaiTranscriber {
   }: WhisperTranscribeArgs): Promise<TranscriptFile> {
     this.assertLanguageDetectionAvailable(language)
 
-    // Shall we run the command with `{ shell: true }` to get the same error as in sh ?
-    // ex: ENOENT => Command not found
-    const $$ = $({ verbose: true })
+    const $$ = $({ verbose: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' })
 
     if (model.path) {
       assert(await lstat(model.path).then(stats => stats.isDirectory()), 'Model path must be a path to a directory.')
diff --git a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/openai-transcriber.ts b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/openai-transcriber.ts
index 961700fcb710..5d9a7ce856a8 100644
--- a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/openai-transcriber.ts
+++ b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/openai-transcriber.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ export class OpenaiTranscriber extends AbstractTranscriber {
   }: WhisperTranscribeArgs): Promise<TranscriptFile> {
     this.assertLanguageDetectionAvailable(language)
 
-    // Shall we run the command with `{ shell: true }` to get the same error as in sh ?
-    // ex: ENOENT => Command not found
-    const $$ = $({ verbose: true })
+    const $$ = $({ verbose: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' })
     const languageArgs = language ? [ '--language', language ] : []
 
     this.createRun(runId)
diff --git a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/timestamped-transcriber.ts b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/timestamped-transcriber.ts
index d6d376d7b32b..fcdd33eb1a07 100644
--- a/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/timestamped-transcriber.ts
+++ b/packages/transcription/src/whisper/transcriber/timestamped-transcriber.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class WhisperTimestampedTranscriber extends OpenaiTranscriber {
   }: WhisperTranscribeArgs): Promise<TranscriptFile> {
     this.assertLanguageDetectionAvailable(language)
 
-    const $$ = $({ verbose: true })
+    const $$ = $({ verbose: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' })
     const languageArgs = language ? [ '--language', language ] : []
 
     this.createRun(runId)