From 06f7a92c99ce3cebcde1a67c5997a5851a0ad072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Sykes <sams@speechmatics.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:43:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix to `finally` statement

---
 src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
index d1091b5f0..7ac4c6f2a 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
@@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ class SpeechmaticsSTTService(STTService):
             logger.debug(f"{self} Connected to Speechmatics STT service")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"{self} Error connecting to Speechmatics: {e}")
-        finally:
             self._client = None
 
     async def _disconnect(self) -> None: