diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index c6d1b43..785e8bc 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -5945,7 +5945,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "whispassist"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/transcription/npu.rs b/src-tauri/src/transcription/npu.rs
index e8521ce..9fde9cb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/transcription/npu.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/transcription/npu.rs
@@ -433,16 +433,20 @@ mod tests {
             return;
         };
         let wav = std::env::var("WA_NPU_TEST_WAV").expect("set WA_NPU_TEST_WAV");
+        let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
         let t = OnnxNpuTranscriber::load(Path::new(&model_dir), BackendId::Npu)
             .expect("load NPU transcriber");
+        let load_ms = t0.elapsed().as_millis();
+        let t1 = std::time::Instant::now();
         let segs = t.transcribe_file(Path::new(&wav)).expect("transcribe");
+        let infer_ms = t1.elapsed().as_millis();
         let text = segs
             .iter()
             .map(|s| s.text.as_str())
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .join(" ")
             .to_lowercase();
-        eprintln!("NPU transcript: {text:?}");
+        eprintln!("[spike] backend=Npu load={load_ms}ms infer={infer_ms}ms text={text:?}");
         assert!(!text.trim().is_empty(), "transcript was empty");
         if let Ok(expect) = std::env::var("WA_NPU_EXPECT") {
             assert!(