diff --git a/openbb_terminal/forecast/forecast_controller.py b/openbb_terminal/forecast/forecast_controller.py
index 4c2698ad1255..b76a429cd73b 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/forecast/forecast_controller.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/forecast/forecast_controller.py
@@ -3347,6 +3347,8 @@ def call_whisper(self, other_args: List[str]):
         parser = self.add_standard_args(
             parser,
         )
+        if other_args and "--video" not in other_args:
+            other_args.insert(0, "--video")
         ns_parser = self.parse_known_args_and_warn(
             parser,
             other_args,
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_model.py b/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_model.py
index a691ec76b41f..8980f35b3d6e 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_model.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_model.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Utilize OpenAI Whisper to transcribe and summarize text"""
 __docformat__ = "numpy"
-# pylint: disable=I0011,C0413
+# pylint: disable=I0011,C0413,R0915,R0912,R0914
 import logging
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ def transcribe_and_summarize(
     if video == "":
         console.print("[red]Please provide a video URL. [/red]")
         return
-    else:
-        # check to make sure the video is a valid URL with a .com
-        if not ((video.startswith("https") or "youtube" in video) and ".com" in video):
-            console.print("[red]Please provide a valid video URL. [/red]")
-            return
+
+    # check to make sure the video is a valid URL with a .com
+    if not ((video.startswith("https") or "youtube" in video) and ".com" in video):
+        console.print("[red]Please provide a valid video URL. [/red]")
+        return
 
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ def transcribe_and_summarize(
             (1 - (summary_text_length / original_text_length)) * 100, 2
         )
         # if there is negative reduction, set to 0
-        if percent_reduction < 0:
-            percent_reduction = 0
+        percent_reduction = max(percent_reduction, 0)
 
         console.print("")
         console.print("-------------------------")
diff --git a/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_utils.py b/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_utils.py
index b3f2b3918377..a969487d95fa 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_utils.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/forecast/whisper_utils.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def break_line(line: str, length: int):
 
 def process_segment(segment: dict, line_length: int = 0):
     segment["text"] = segment["text"].strip()
-    if line_length > 0 and len(segment["text"]) > line_length:
+    if line_length and len(segment["text"]) > line_length:
         # break at N characters as per Netflix guidelines
         segment["text"] = break_line(segment["text"], line_length)