diff --git a/lib/synth-audio.js b/lib/synth-audio.js
index 213c4b1..38654c0 100644
--- a/lib/synth-audio.js
+++ b/lib/synth-audio.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ async function synthAudio(client, logger, stats, { account_sid,
       ['microsoft', 'azure'].includes(vendor)
     ) ||
     (
-      process.env.JAMBONES_ELEVENLABS_STREAMING &&
+      !process.env.JAMBONES_DISABLE_TTS_STREAMING &&
       vendor === 'elevenlabs'
     )
   ) {
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ const synthElevenlabs = async(logger, {credentials, options, stats, language, vo
   const {api_key, model_id, options: credOpts, use_streaming} = credentials;
   const opts = !!options && Object.keys(options).length !== 0 ? options : JSON.parse(credOpts || '{}');
 
-  /* if the env is set to stream then bag out, unless we are specifically rendering to generate a cache file */
+  /* default to using the streaming interface, unless disabled by env var OR we want just a cache file */
   if (use_streaming && !renderForCaching) {
     let params = '';
     params += `{api_key=${api_key}`;
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ const synthElevenlabs = async(logger, {credentials, options, stats, language, vo
     params += '}';
 
     return {
-      filePath: `say:${params}${text.replace(/\n/g, ' ')}`,
+      filePath: `say:${params}${text.replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/\r/g, ' ')}`,
       servedFromCache: false,
       rtt: 0
     };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0744daf..cfaf36b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-  "version": "0.0.38",
+  "version": "0.0.41",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-      "version": "0.0.38",
+      "version": "0.0.41",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-polly": "^3.496.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2fa34cb..25dc49e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jambonz/speech-utils",
-  "version": "0.0.38",
+  "version": "0.0.41",
   "description": "TTS-related speech utilities for jambonz",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Dave Horton",