diff --git a/utils_vad.py b/utils_vad.py
index c4fd682..4c408f7 100644
--- a/utils_vad.py
+++ b/utils_vad.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def get_speech_ts_adaptive(wav: torch.Tensor,
     speeches: list
         list containing ends and beginnings of speech chunks (in samples)
     """
-
+    
     num_samples = num_samples_per_window
     num_steps = int(num_samples / step)
     assert min_silence_samples >= step
@@ -268,9 +268,18 @@ def get_speech_ts_adaptive(wav: torch.Tensor,
     if visualize_probs:
         pd.DataFrame({'probs': smoothed_probs}).plot(figsize=(16, 8))
 
-    for ts in speeches:
-        ts['start'] = max(0, ts['start'] - speech_pad_samples)
-        ts['end'] += speech_pad_samples
+    for i, ts in enumerate(speeches):
+        if i == 0:
+            ts['start'] = max(0, ts['start'] - speech_pad_samples)
+        if i != len(speeches) - 1:
+            silence_duration = speeches[i+1]['start'] - ts['end']
+            if silence_duration < 2 * speech_pad_samples:
+                ts['end'] += silence_duration // 2
+                speeches[i+1]['start'] = max(0, speeches[i+1]['start'] - silence_duration // 2)
+            else:
+                ts['end'] += speech_pad_samples
+        else:
+            ts['end'] = min(len(wav), ts['end'] + speech_pad_samples)
 
     return speeches