diff --git a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
index 106bb9dc..e83aa99f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
@@ -690,7 +690,9 @@ module.exports = (logger) => {
         ...(deepgramOptions.keywords) &&
           {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_KEYWORDS: deepgramOptions.keywords.join(',')},
         ...('endpointing' in deepgramOptions) &&
-          {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_ENDPOINTING: deepgramOptions.endpointing === false ? 'false' : deepgramOptions.endpointing},
+          {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_ENDPOINTING: deepgramOptions.endpointing === false ? 'false' : deepgramOptions.endpointing,
+            // default DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS is 1000, will be override by user settings later if there is.
+            DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS: 1000},
         ...(deepgramOptions.utteranceEndMs) &&
           {DEEPGRAM_SPEECH_UTTERANCE_END_MS: deepgramOptions.utteranceEndMs},
         ...(deepgramOptions.vadTurnoff) &&