diff --git a/lib/tasks/say.js b/lib/tasks/say.js
index 8af575e3..b6c530cb 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/say.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/say.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TaskSay extends TtsTask {
     const {updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed} = require('../utils/db-utils')(this.logger, srf);
     const {writeAlerts, AlertType, stats} = srf.locals;
     const {synthAudio} = srf.locals.dbHelpers;
-    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || 'standard';
+    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || cs.synthesizer?.engine || 'neural';
     const salt = cs.callSid;
 
     let credentials = cs.getSpeechCredentials(vendor, 'tts', label);
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class TaskSay extends TtsTask {
     const {srf, accountSid:account_sid} = cs;
     const {writeAlerts, AlertType} = srf.locals;
     const {addFileToCache} = srf.locals.dbHelpers;
-    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || 'standard';
+    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || cs.synthesizer?.engine || 'neural';
 
     await super.exec(cs);
     this.ep = ep;
diff --git a/lib/tasks/tts-task.js b/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
index 5de6b027..ad03eb48 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TtsTask extends Task {
     const {updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed} = require('../utils/db-utils')(this.logger, srf);
     const {writeAlerts, AlertType, stats} = srf.locals;
     const {synthAudio} = srf.locals.dbHelpers;
-    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || 'standard';
+    const engine = this.synthesizer.engine || cs.synthesizer?.engine || 'neural';
     const salt = cs.callSid;
 
     let credentials = cs.getSpeechCredentials(vendor, 'tts', label);