diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 868c9568c..d59c8f3ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- `MoondreamService` argument `model_id` is now `model`.
+
 - `VADAnalyzer` arguments have been renamed for more clarity.
 
 ## [0.0.12] - 2024-05-14
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/moondream.py b/src/pipecat/services/moondream.py
index 01084a108..444dea1ed 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/moondream.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/moondream.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def detect_device():
 class MoondreamService(VisionService):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        model_id="vikhyatk/moondream2",
+        model="vikhyatk/moondream2",
         revision="2024-04-02",
         use_cpu=False
     ):
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ class MoondreamService(VisionService):
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
 
-        self._tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id, revision=revision)
+        self._tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model, revision=revision)
 
         logger.debug("Loading Moondream model...")
 
         self._model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
-            model_id, trust_remote_code=True, revision=revision
+            model, trust_remote_code=True, revision=revision
         ).to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
         self._model.eval()