diff --git a/scripts/termux-speech-to-text.in b/scripts/termux-speech-to-text.in
index 4bc7fd0..06d46b2 100644
--- a/scripts/termux-speech-to-text.in
+++ b/scripts/termux-speech-to-text.in
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ show_usage () {
 }
 
 show_progress=false
-while getopts :hp option
+while getopts :hpl: option
 do
     case "$option" in
         h) show_usage;;
         p) show_progress=true;;
+        l) language=${OPTARG};;
         ?) echo "$SCRIPTNAME: illegal option -$OPTARG"; exit 1;
     esac
 done
@@ -22,8 +23,4 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1))
 if [ $# != 0 ]; then echo "$SCRIPTNAME: too many arguments"; exit 1; fi
 
 CMD=@TERMUX_PREFIX@/libexec/termux-api
-if [ $show_progress = true ]; then
-  $CMD SpeechToText
-else
-  $CMD SpeechToText | tail -1
-fi
+$CMD SpeechToText --es language ${language:-en-US} | if [ $show_progress = true ]; then cat; else tail -1; fi