diff --git a/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp b/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
index 40b3a7f78..d4d02d573 100644
--- a/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/acestep/dit-vae.cpp
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ std::string acestep_generate_audio(const music_generation_inputs inputs)
     const char * language = req.vocal_language.empty() ? "en" : req.vocal_language.c_str();
     float duration        = req.duration > 0 ? req.duration : 120.0f;
     long long seed        = req.seed;
-    int num_steps         = req.inference_steps > 0 ? req.inference_steps : 10;
+    int num_steps         = req.inference_steps > 0 ? req.inference_steps : 8;
     float guidance_scale  = req.guidance_scale > 0 ? req.guidance_scale : 7.0f;
     float shift           = req.shift > 0 ? req.shift : 1.0f;
 
diff --git a/otherarch/acestep/request.cpp b/otherarch/acestep/request.cpp
index 9825b8cdd..eae6ea952 100644
--- a/otherarch/acestep/request.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/acestep/request.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void request_init(AceRequest * r) {
     r->lm_top_k           = 0;
     r->lm_negative_prompt = "";
     r->audio_codes        = "";
-    r->inference_steps    = 10;
+    r->inference_steps    = 8;
     r->guidance_scale     = 1.0f;
     r->shift              = 3.0f;
 }