diff --git a/metrics_service.sh b/metrics_service.sh
index c3ac2dc..5ebc1e0 100644
--- a/metrics_service.sh
+++ b/metrics_service.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ cut -f3 'wikiniews_results.tsv' > reference.txt
 # awk transfer txt to .trn
 awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{print $0,"(sp1_"NR")"}' < reference.txt > reference.trn
 awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{print $0,"(sp1_"NR")"}' < hypothesis.txt > hypothesis.trn
+
+# use sclite to calculate WER
+sclite -f 0 -r reference.trn trn -h hypothesis.trn trn -e utf-8 -i rm -o all stdout > wer_results.txt