diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c03b7fa..64e9c85 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exclude = ["examples/full_usage"]
 
 [package]
 name = "whisper-rs"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust bindings for whisper.cpp"
 license = "Unlicense"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/tazz4843/whisper-rs"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-whisper-rs-sys = { path = "sys", version = "0.10.0" }
+whisper-rs-sys = { path = "sys", version = "0.10.1" }
 log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/src/whisper_state.rs b/src/whisper_state.rs
index 6805aa5..5d22715 100644
--- a/src/whisper_state.rs
+++ b/src/whisper_state.rs
@@ -225,11 +225,16 @@ impl WhisperState {
     /// * n_threads: How many threads to use. Defaults to 1. Must be at least 1, returns an error otherwise.
     ///
     /// # Returns
-    /// `Ok(Vec<f32>)` on success, `Err(WhisperError)` on failure.
+    /// `Ok((i32, Vec<f32>))` on success where the i32 is detected language id and Vec<f32>
+    /// is array with the probabilities of all languages, `Err(WhisperError)` on failure.
     ///
     /// # C++ equivalent
     /// `int whisper_lang_auto_detect(struct whisper_context * ctx, int offset_ms, int n_threads, float * lang_probs)`
-    pub fn lang_detect(&self, offset_ms: usize, threads: usize) -> Result<Vec<f32>, WhisperError> {
+    pub fn lang_detect(
+        &self,
+        offset_ms: usize,
+        threads: usize,
+    ) -> Result<(i32, Vec<f32>), WhisperError> {
         if threads < 1 {
             return Err(WhisperError::InvalidThreadCount);
         }
@@ -244,25 +249,10 @@ impl WhisperState {
                 lang_probs.as_mut_ptr(),
             )
         };
-        if ret == -1 {
-            Err(WhisperError::UnableToCalculateEvaluation)
+        if ret < 0 {
+            Err(WhisperError::GenericError(ret))
         } else {
-            assert_eq!(
-                ret as usize,
-                lang_probs.len(),
-                "lang_probs length mismatch: this is a bug in whisper.cpp"
-            );
-            // if we're still running, double check that the length is correct, otherwise print to stderr
-            // and abort, as this will cause Undefined Behavior
-            // might get here due to the unwind being caught by a user-installed panic handler
-            if lang_probs.len() != ret as usize {
-                eprintln!(
-                    "lang_probs length mismatch: this is a bug in whisper.cpp, \
-                aborting to avoid Undefined Behavior"
-                );
-                std::process::abort();
-            }
-            Ok(lang_probs)
+            Ok((ret as i32, lang_probs))
         }
     }