diff --git a/lollms/app.py b/lollms/app.py
index b64dfed..fe2bd8c 100644
--- a/lollms/app.py
+++ b/lollms/app.py
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ class LollmsApplication(LoLLMsCom):
         self.generate_msg_with_internet: Callable[[str, Dict], None]        = None
         self.handle_continue_generate_msg_from: Callable[[str, Dict], None] = None
         
+
+        # services
+        self.ollama = None
+        self.vllm = None
+        self.whisper = None
+        self.xtts = None
+        self.sd = None
+        self.comfyui = None
+        self.motion_ctrl = None
+
+        self.tti = None
+        self.tts = None
+        self.stt = None
+
         self.rt_com = None
         if not free_mode:
             try:
@@ -228,17 +242,7 @@ class LollmsApplication(LoLLMsCom):
         return self.lollms_paths.personal_uploads_path
 
     def start_servers(self):
-        self.ollama = None
-        self.vllm = None
-        self.whisper = None
-        self.xtts = None
-        self.sd = None
-        self.comfyui = None
-        self.motion_ctrl = None
 
-        self.tti = None
-        self.tts = None
-        self.stt = None
 
 
 
diff --git a/lollms/com.py b/lollms/com.py
index 79a9c70..3d643f2 100644
--- a/lollms/com.py
+++ b/lollms/com.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ class LoLLMsCom:
     def __init__(self, sio:socketio.AsyncServer=None, verbose:bool=False) -> None:
         self.sio= sio
         self.verbose = verbose
+        self.tti = None
+        self.tts = None
+        self.stt = None
+
+        self.rt_com = None
 
         
     def InfoMessage(self, content, client_id=None, verbose:bool=None):
diff --git a/lollms/databases/discussions_database.py b/lollms/databases/discussions_database.py
index 0c17956..5c48193 100644
--- a/lollms/databases/discussions_database.py
+++ b/lollms/databases/discussions_database.py
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ class Discussion:
         self.discussion_rag_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
         self.discussion_view_images_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
         self.messages = self.get_messages()
-        self.whisper= None
         
         if len(self.messages)>0:
             self.current_message = self.messages[-1]
@@ -731,22 +730,14 @@ class Discussion:
             self.audio_files.append(path)
             if process:
                 self.lollms.new_message(client.client_id if client is not None else 0, content = "", message_type = MSG_TYPE.MSG_TYPE_FULL)
+                if self.lollms.stt is None:
+                    self.lollms.info("Please select an stt engine in the services settings first")
                 self.lollms.info(f"Transcribing ... ")
-                if self.whisper is None:
-                    if not PackageManager.check_package_installed("whisper"):
-                        PackageManager.install_package("openai-whisper")
-                        try:
-                            import conda.cli
-                            conda.cli.main("install", "conda-forge::ffmpeg", "-y")
-                        except:
-                            ASCIIColors.bright_red("Couldn't install ffmpeg. whisper won't work. Please install it manually")
-
-                    import whisper
-                    self.whisper = whisper.load_model("base")
-                result = self.whisper.transcribe(str(path))
+                result = self.lollms.stt.transcribe(str(path))
                 transcription_fn = str(path)+".txt"
                 with open(transcription_fn, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                     f.write(result["text"])
+                self.text_files.append(transcription_fn)
                 tasks_library.info(f"Transcription saved to {transcription_fn}")
 
         elif path.suffix in [".png",".jpg",".jpeg",".gif",".bmp",".svg",".webp"]: