diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index 8ab1f28..2897294 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
       "Bash(echo \"Desktop: $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP\")",
       "Bash(nvidia-smi)",
       "Bash(lspci)",
-      "Bash(pacman -Q)"
+      "Bash(pacman -Q)",
+      "Bash(/run/media/chk/Ventoy/projects/chrka/whisper-dictation/.venv-linux/bin/pip install:*)",
+      "Bash(.venv-linux/bin/python build.py)"
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f7aed3..99ca4c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ Arch/CachyOS:
 sudo pacman -S nvidia cuda
 ```
 
-Without CUDA, the app runs on CPU. Use `int8` compute type and a smaller model (`small` or `base`) for acceptable speed on CPU.
+Note: The system CUDA package may install a newer version (e.g. CUDA 13) than what faster-whisper/ctranslate2 requires (CUDA 12). The CUDA 12 runtime libraries (`nvidia-cublas-cu12`, `nvidia-cudnn-cu12`) are installed via pip in the virtual environment and bundled into the PyInstaller build, so the system CUDA version does not matter for the app itself. The system `nvidia` + `cuda` packages are only needed for the GPU driver and kernel module.
+
+Without an NVIDIA GPU, the app runs on CPU. Use `int8` compute type and a smaller model (`small` or `base`) for acceptable speed on CPU.
 
 **Python:**
 - Python 3.10+
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index abd7cc8..b40f7b4 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages .venv-linux
 echo "Installing dependencies..."
 .venv-linux/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 .venv-linux/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
+.venv-linux/bin/pip install -r requirements-cuda.txt
 .venv-linux/bin/pip install pyinstaller
-# CUDA: uses system-installed CUDA libs (no pip CUDA packages needed)
 
 echo ""
 echo "Done. Run ./start.sh to launch, or ./build-linux.sh to create a standalone build."
diff --git a/whisper-dictation.spec b/whisper-dictation.spec
index a5938c5..9342827 100644
--- a/whisper-dictation.spec
+++ b/whisper-dictation.spec
@@ -16,13 +16,18 @@ _platform_tag = 'windows' if _is_windows else 'linux'
 
 # ── Platform-specific binaries ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 _binaries = []
+_sp = next(p for p in site.getsitepackages() if p.endswith('site-packages'))
+_nvidia = os.path.join(_sp, 'nvidia')
 if _is_windows:
-    _sp = next(p for p in site.getsitepackages() if p.endswith('site-packages'))
-    _nvidia = os.path.join(_sp, 'nvidia')
     _binaries = [
         (os.path.join(_nvidia, 'cublas', 'bin', '*.dll'), '.'),
         (os.path.join(_nvidia, 'cudnn', 'bin', '*.dll'), '.'),
     ]
+else:
+    _binaries = [
+        (os.path.join(_nvidia, 'cublas', 'lib', 'libcublas.so*'), '.'),
+        (os.path.join(_nvidia, 'cudnn', 'lib', 'libcudnn.so*'), '.'),
+    ]
 
 # ── Platform-specific hidden imports ──────────────────────────────────────────
 _hiddenimports = [