diff --git a/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.lock b/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.lock
index 12b0928..9471794 100644
--- a/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.lock
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jni"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -765,6 +771,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "listen-lib",
  "rust-whisper-baked-lib",
  "rust-whisper-lib",
+ "stop-words",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -802,6 +809,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f98d2aa92eebf49b69786be48e4477826b256916e84a57ff2a4f21923b48eb4c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -817,6 +830,37 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.193"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25dd9975e68d0cb5aa1120c288333fc98731bd1dd12f561e468ea4728c042b89"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.193"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43576ca501357b9b071ac53cdc7da8ef0cbd9493d8df094cd821777ea6e894d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.41",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb0652c533506ad7a2e353cce269330d6afd8bdfb6d75e0ace5b35aacbd7b9e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -848,6 +892,15 @@ version = "1.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stop-words"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8500024d809de02ecbf998472b7bed3c4fca380df2be68917f6a473bdb28ddcc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.toml b/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.toml
index 7cc57b4..2356bac 100644
--- a/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust-whisper-baked/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ rust-whisper-lib = { path = "../rust-whisper-lib" }
 rust-whisper-baked-lib = { path = "../rust-whisper-baked-lib" }
 listen-lib = { path = "../listen-lib" }
 clap = { version = "4.4.10", features = ["derive"] }
+stop-words = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
index b88c327..9104bc8 100644
--- a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ impl Destutterer {
 
       let mut n = self.prevs.len().clamp(0, nexts.len());
       while n > 0 {
-         let prev_s = Word::to_comparable_string(self.prevs[self.prevs.len() - n..].to_vec());
-         let next_s = Word::to_comparable_string(nexts[..n].to_vec());
+         let prev_s = Word::to_comparable_string(self.prevs, self.prevs.len(), n);
+         eprintln!("prevs: {:?} => '{}'", self.prevs[self.prevs.len() - n..].to_vec(), &prev_s);
+         let next_s = Word::to_comparable_string(nexts, 0, n); // TODO indexes skip stop words
+         eprintln!("nexts: {:?} => '{}'", nexts[..n].to_vec(), &next_s);
          if prev_s == next_s {
             break;
          }
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ impl Destutterer {
    }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct Word {
    raw: String,
 }
@@ -131,8 +133,11 @@ impl Word {
    }
 
    fn to_comparable_string(v: Vec<Word>) -> String {
+      let skips = stop_words::get("en");
       v.iter()
-         .map(|x| x.raw.chars().filter(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric()).collect())
+         .map(|w| w.raw.to_lowercase())
+         .filter(|word| !skips.contains(word))
+         .map(|word| word.chars().filter(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric()).collect::<String>())
          .collect::<Vec<String>>()
          .join(" ")
    }
@@ -149,6 +154,13 @@ impl Word {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
 
+   #[test]
+   fn test_destutterer_stop_words() {
+      let mut w = new_destutterer();
+      assert_eq!("welcome to the internet".to_string(), w.step("welcome to the internet".to_string()));
+      assert_eq!("have a look around".to_string(), w.step("welcome to the a internet; have a look around".to_string()));
+   }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_destutterer_punctuation() {
       let mut w = new_destutterer();