diff --git a/net/aws/src/transcriber/imp.rs b/net/aws/src/transcriber/imp.rs
index 656217c8..aa2ea31a 100644
--- a/net/aws/src/transcriber/imp.rs
+++ b/net/aws/src/transcriber/imp.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use gst::subclass::prelude::*;
 use gst::{glib, prelude::*};
 
+use aws_sdk_s3::config::StalledStreamProtectionConfig;
 use aws_sdk_transcribestreaming as aws_transcribe;
 
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
@@ -578,6 +579,9 @@ impl Transcriber {
                 .or_else(DEFAULT_TRANSCRIBER_REGION),
         );
 
+        let config_loader =
+            config_loader.stalled_stream_protection(StalledStreamProtectionConfig::disabled());
+
         let config = futures::executor::block_on(config_loader.load());
         gst::debug!(CAT, imp = self, "Using region {}", config.region().unwrap());