diff --git a/src/pipecat/pipeline/task.py b/src/pipecat/pipeline/task.py
index 1640d589c..1d9d642e0 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/pipeline/task.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/pipeline/task.py
@@ -459,20 +459,10 @@ class PipelineTask(BasePipelineTask):
             # awaiting a task.
             pass
         finally:
-            # We only cancel things cleanly if we know we are the ones
-            # cancelling. It's possibe that we get an asyncio.CancelledError
-            # from the outside, in which case it is very likely other tasks have
-            # been already cancelled (e.g. when python is shutting down) so we
-            # can't assume things are being cancelled nicely.
-            if self._cancelled:
-                await self._cancel_tasks()
-                await self._cleanup(cleanup_pipeline)
-                if self._check_dangling_tasks:
-                    self._print_dangling_tasks()
-            else:
-                logger.warning(
-                    f"Pipeline task {self} is not being cancelled properly (use cancel() method)"
-                )
+            await self._cancel_tasks()
+            await self._cleanup(cleanup_pipeline)
+            if self._check_dangling_tasks:
+                self._print_dangling_tasks()
             self._finished = True
 
     async def queue_frame(self, frame: Frame):
diff --git a/src/pipecat/runner/run.py b/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
index ff4a09c35..eb45091b8 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/runner/run.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def _setup_daily_routes(app: FastAPI):
 
             # Start the bot in the background with empty body for GET requests
             bot_module = _get_bot_module()
-            runner_args = DailyRunnerArguments(room_url=room_url, token=token, body={})
+            runner_args = DailyRunnerArguments(room_url=room_url, token=token)
             runner_args.handle_sigint = False
             asyncio.create_task(bot_module.bot(runner_args))
             return RedirectResponse(room_url)
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ async def _run_daily_direct():
         room_url, token = await configure(session)
 
         # Direct connections have no request body, so use empty dict
-        runner_args = DailyRunnerArguments(room_url=room_url, token=token, body={})
+        runner_args = DailyRunnerArguments(room_url=room_url, token=token)
 
         # Get the bot module and run it directly
         bot_module = _get_bot_module()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/runner/types.py b/src/pipecat/runner/types.py
index 95048817e..49ee71cf4 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/runner/types.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/runner/types.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class DailyRunnerArguments(RunnerArguments):
     """
 
     room_url: str
-    token: Optional[str]
-    body: Any
+    token: Optional[str] = None
+    body: Optional[Any] = {}
 
 
 @dataclass