diff --git a/packages/cdk/lib/transcription-service.ts b/packages/cdk/lib/transcription-service.ts
index 868dff68..61e2f119 100644
--- a/packages/cdk/lib/transcription-service.ts
+++ b/packages/cdk/lib/transcription-service.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export class TranscriptionService extends GuStack {
 						// 0 is the default, including this here just to make it more obvious what's happening
 						onDemandBaseCapacity: 0,
 						// if this value is set to 100, then we won't use spot instances at all, if it is 0 then we use 100% spot
-						onDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity: 0,
+						onDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity: 10,
 						spotAllocationStrategy: SpotAllocationStrategy.CAPACITY_OPTIMIZED,
 						spotMaxPrice: '0.6202',
 					},