diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index c6f4e538..e05c66f6 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
     if (!this.data.recognizer.vendor) {
       this.data.recognizer.vendor = this.vendor;
     }
+    if (this.vendor === 'cobalt' && !this.data.recognizer.model) {
+      // By default, application saves cobalt model in language
+      this.data.recognizer.model = cs.speechRecognizerLanguage;
+    }
 
     if (this.needsStt && !this.sttCredentials) {
       try {
diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index 1d1ec1d0..4e87810d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
     if (!this.data.recognizer.vendor) {
       this.data.recognizer.vendor = this.vendor;
     }
+    if (this.vendor === 'cobalt' && !this.data.recognizer.model) {
+      // By default, application saves cobalt model in language
+      this.data.recognizer.model = cs.speechRecognizerLanguage;
+    }
 
     if (!this.sttCredentials) {
       try {