From aec70d61e98a9cf603eeefd843e5f4da5f7f4fef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Backman <mark@daily.co>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 15:20:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] CartesiaSTTService cleanup

---
 src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
index c7239888e..618908ed9 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class CartesiaSTTService(STTService):
         self,
         *,
         api_key: str,
-        base_url: str = None,
+        base_url: str = "",
         sample_rate: int = 16000,
         live_options: Optional[CartesiaLiveOptions] = None,
         **kwargs,
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class CartesiaSTTService(STTService):
             )
 
         self._settings = merged_options
+        self.set_model_name(merged_options["model"])
         self._api_key = api_key
         self._base_url = base_url or "api.cartesia.ai"
         self._connection = None