diff --git a/tsml/interval_based/_rise.py b/tsml/interval_based/_rise.py
index 37f91ba..68b5f3d 100644
--- a/tsml/interval_based/_rise.py
+++ b/tsml/interval_based/_rise.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def __init__(
             replace_nan = 0
 
         interval_features = [
-            PeriodogramTransformer(use_pyfftw=True, pad_with="mean"),
+            PeriodogramTransformer(use_pyfftw=use_pyfftw, pad_with="mean"),
             AutocorrelationFunctionTransformer(
                 n_lags=acf_lag, min_values=acf_min_values
             ),