diff --git a/examples/phone-chatbot/bot_daily_gemini.py b/examples/phone-chatbot/bot_daily_gemini.py
index 100b46fe9..8f5ceccbe 100644
--- a/examples/phone-chatbot/bot_daily_gemini.py
+++ b/examples/phone-chatbot/bot_daily_gemini.py
@@ -117,42 +117,26 @@ async def main(
     # and handle call-forwarding when on_dialin_ready fires.
 
     # We don't want to specify dialin settings if we're not dialing in
-    if callId in (None, "None") or callDomain in (None, "None"):
-        print("Not using dialin settings")
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Chatbot",
-            DailyParams(
-                api_url=daily_api_url,
-                api_key=daily_api_key,
-                audio_in_enabled=True,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                camera_out_enabled=False,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    else:
+    dialin_settings = None
+    if callId and callDomain:
         dialin_settings = DailyDialinSettings(call_id=callId, call_domain=callDomain)
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Chatbot",
-            DailyParams(
-                api_url=daily_api_url,
-                api_key=daily_api_key,
-                dialin_settings=dialin_settings,
-                audio_in_enabled=True,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                camera_out_enabled=False,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-            ),
-        )
+
+    transport = DailyTransport(
+        room_url,
+        token,
+        "Chatbot",
+        DailyParams(
+            api_url=daily_api_url,
+            api_key=daily_api_key,
+            dialin_settings=dialin_settings,
+            audio_in_enabled=True,
+            audio_out_enabled=True,
+            camera_out_enabled=False,
+            vad_enabled=True,
+            vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
+            transcription_enabled=True,
+        ),
+    )
 
     tts = ElevenLabsTTSService(
         api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY", ""),