diff --git a/lib/tasks/say.js b/lib/tasks/say.js
index be6312ad..edf80507 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/say.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/say.js
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ class TaskSay extends TtsTask {
                 language,
                 voice,
                 engine,
+                model: this.model || this.model_id,
                 text
               }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error adding file to cache'));
             }
diff --git a/lib/tasks/tts-task.js b/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
index 6c9a58c8..e942fdb7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/tts-task.js
@@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ class TtsTask extends Task {
         `No text-to-speech service credentials for ${vendor} with labels: ${label} have been configured`);
     }
     /* parse Nuance voices into name and model */
-    let model;
     if (vendor === 'nuance' && voice) {
       const arr = /([A-Za-z-]*)\s+-\s+(enhanced|standard)/.exec(voice);
       if (arr) {
         voice = arr[1];
-        model = arr[2];
+        this.model = arr[2];
       }
     } else if (vendor === 'deepgram') {
-      model = voice;
+      this.model = voice;
     }
+    this.model_id = credentials.model_id;
 
     /* allow for microsoft custom region voice and api_key to be specified as an override */
     if (vendor === 'microsoft' && this.options.deploymentId) {
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ class TtsTask extends Task {
     // If vendor is changed from the previous one, then reset the cache_speech_handles flag
     //cs.currentTtsVendor = vendor;
 
-    if (!preCache && !this._disableTracing) this.logger.info({vendor, language, voice, model}, 'TaskSay:exec');
+    if (!preCache && !this._disableTracing)
+      this.logger.info({vendor, language, voice, model: this.model}, 'TaskSay:exec');
     try {
       if (!credentials) {
         writeAlerts({
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ class TtsTask extends Task {
             language,
             voice,
             engine,
-            model,
+            model: this.model,
             salt,
             credentials,
             options: this.options,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c21600a..bf1e0e99 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "@jambonz/http-health-check": "^0.0.1",
         "@jambonz/mw-registrar": "^0.2.7",
         "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.8",
-        "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.2.1",
+        "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.2.2",
         "@jambonz/stats-collector": "^0.1.10",
         "@jambonz/time-series": "^0.2.13",
         "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.95",
@@ -1512,7 +1512,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@jambonz/speech-utils": {
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/speech-utils/-/speech-utils-0.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+O+5Ej6RhQZjbZLRbJSA4UT1Es2JcDSDJT24kGRSVWCf8SuG5B3TqKzZP0aaVA297I12b7ztNG9ShWjY0iR7Fg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-polly": "^3.496.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a36fd0d..22d38472 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@jambonz/http-health-check": "^0.0.1",
     "@jambonz/mw-registrar": "^0.2.7",
     "@jambonz/realtimedb-helpers": "^0.8.8",
-    "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.2.1",
+    "@jambonz/speech-utils": "^0.2.2",
     "@jambonz/stats-collector": "^0.1.10",
     "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.95",
     "@jambonz/time-series": "^0.2.13",