diff --git a/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/config.ts b/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/config.ts
index c95155d58e..4df3c32292 100644
--- a/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/config.ts
+++ b/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/config.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ interface Config {
   DgVadEvents: boolean
   DgPunctuate: boolean
   DgSmartFormat: boolean
-  DgNoDelay: boolean
+  DgNoDelay: boolean,
+  DgSampleRate: number
 }
 
 const config: Config = (() => {
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ const config: Config = (() => {
     DgPunctuate: process.env.DG_PUNCTUATE === 'true',
     DgSmartFormat: process.env.DG_SMART_FORMAT === 'true',
     DgUtteranceEndMs: parseInt(process.env.DG_UTTERANCE_END_MS ?? '0'),
-    DgNoDelay: process.env.DG_NO_DELAY === 'true'
+    DgNoDelay: process.env.DG_NO_DELAY === 'true',
+    DgSampleRate: parseInt(process.env.DG_SAMPLE_RATE ?? '16000')
   }
 
   const missingEnv = (Object.keys(params) as Array<keyof Config>).filter((key) => params[key] === undefined)
diff --git a/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/deepgram/stt.ts b/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/deepgram/stt.ts
index 39ec0933e8..d03a352259 100644
--- a/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/deepgram/stt.ts
+++ b/services/ai-bot/love-agent/src/deepgram/stt.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class STT implements Stt {
     if (track === undefined) return
     if (this.dgConnectionBySid.has(sid)) return
 
-    const stream = new AudioStream(track)
+    const stream = new AudioStream(track, config.DgSampleRate)
     // const language = this.language ?? 'en'
     const options = this.getOptions(stream)
     const dgConnection = this.deepgram.listen.live(options)