diff --git a/scripts/convert-parakeet.py b/scripts/convert-parakeet.py
index e980852..72bc7d9 100644
--- a/scripts/convert-parakeet.py
+++ b/scripts/convert-parakeet.py
@@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ V3_LANGUAGES = [
 ]
 
 VARIANT_PROFILES: dict[str, dict] = {
+    "orukeet": {
+        "variant": "tdt-0.6b-orukeet",
+        "display_name": "Orukeet",
+        "version": "v0.1.0",
+        "size_label": "0.6B",
+        "head_kind": "tdt",
+        "expected_vocab_size": 8192,
+        "languages": V3_LANGUAGES,
+        "lang_detect": True,
+        "author": "Oruk",
+        "organization": "oruk",
+        "prefer_direct_load": True,
+        "license": "cc-by-sa-4.0",
+        "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0",
+        "license_link": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
+    },
     # v2: 0.6B English-only TDT.
     "parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2": {
         "variant": "tdt-0.6b-v2",
@@ -523,8 +539,6 @@ def load_nemo_model(model_spec: str, prefer_direct: bool = False):
     transiently doubles disk usage; the direct path streams entries
     out of the archive at near-zero transient cost.
     """
-    from nemo.collections.asr.models import ASRModel
-
     local = Path(model_spec).expanduser()
 
     if prefer_direct:
@@ -535,6 +549,8 @@ def load_nemo_model(model_spec: str, prefer_direct: bool = False):
             return _DirectNemoArchive(cfg, sd, sp_proto)
         # else fall through to NeMo path
 
+    from nemo.collections.asr.models import ASRModel
+
     nemo_path: Path | None = None
     if local.exists():
         print(f"Loading Parakeet from local path: {local}")