diff --git a/desktop/app.js b/desktop/app.js
index 530bc53..9f38df5 100644
--- a/desktop/app.js
+++ b/desktop/app.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const state = {
     muted: false,
     sharingVideo: false,
     sharingScreen: false,
-    noiseFilterMode: 'off',
+    noiseFilterMode: 'deepfilter',
     activeNoiseFilter: 'off',
     deepFilterProcessor: null,
     deepFilterModule: null,
@@ -805,15 +805,8 @@ async function buildAudioPipeline(rawStream) {
         sampleRate: 48000,
         noiseReductionLevel: 70,
       });
-      const timeoutMs = 2500;
-      const withTimeout = (promise, label) =>
-        Promise.race([
-          promise,
-          new Promise((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`${label} timed out`)), timeoutMs)),
-        ]);
-
-      await withTimeout(processor.initialize(), "DeepFilter initialize");
-      const workletNode = await withTimeout(processor.createAudioWorkletNode(ctx), "DeepFilter worklet");
+      await processor.initialize();
+      const workletNode = await processor.createAudioWorkletNode(ctx);
       processor.setNoiseSuppressionEnabled(true);
       state.voice.deepFilterProcessor = processor;
       source.connect(workletNode);
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index bad7f22..0295176 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const state = {
     muted: false,
     sharingVideo: false,
     sharingScreen: false,
-    noiseFilterMode: 'off',
+    noiseFilterMode: 'deepfilter',
     activeNoiseFilter: 'off',
     deepFilterProcessor: null,
     deepFilterModule: null,
@@ -767,15 +767,8 @@ async function buildAudioPipeline(rawStream) {
         sampleRate: 48000,
         noiseReductionLevel: 70,
       });
-      const timeoutMs = 2500;
-      const withTimeout = (promise, label) =>
-        Promise.race([
-          promise,
-          new Promise((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`${label} timed out`)), timeoutMs)),
-        ]);
-
-      await withTimeout(processor.initialize(), "DeepFilter initialize");
-      const workletNode = await withTimeout(processor.createAudioWorkletNode(ctx), "DeepFilter worklet");
+      await processor.initialize();
+      const workletNode = await processor.createAudioWorkletNode(ctx);
       processor.setNoiseSuppressionEnabled(true);
       state.voice.deepFilterProcessor = processor;
       source.connect(workletNode);