diff --git a/scripts/install_acestep.sh b/scripts/install_acestep.sh
index 8542cfa..9c6b68e 100755
--- a/scripts/install_acestep.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_acestep.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 [ -d vendor/acestep ] || git clone -q https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step.git vendor/acestep
 uv venv venvs/acestep --python 3.11 2>/dev/null || true
 cd vendor/acestep
-uv pip install --python ../../venvs/acestep/bin/python -e .
+uv pip install --python ../../venvs/acestep/bin/python -e . torchcodec  # torchaudio>=2.9 saves via torchcodec
 echo "acestep installed"