diff --git a/sijapi/routers/tts.py b/sijapi/routers/tts.py
index 8d6d6d9..14a0413 100644
--- a/sijapi/routers/tts.py
+++ b/sijapi/routers/tts.py
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ async def generate_speech(
         
         if model == "eleven_turbo_v2":
             info("Using ElevenLabs.")
-            voice = await determine_voice_id(voice)
             audio_file_path = await elevenlabs_tts(model, text, voice, title, output_dir)
         else:  # if model == "xtts":
             info("Using XTTS2")
@@ -233,18 +232,23 @@ async def elevenlabs_tts(model: str, input_text: str, voice: str, title: str = N
         "model_id": model
     }
     headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json", "xi-api-key": ELEVENLABS_API_KEY}
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(300.0)) as client:  # 5 minutes timeout
-        response = await client.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
-        output_dir = output_dir if output_dir else TTS_OUTPUT_DIR
-        title = title if title else dt_datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
-        filename = f"{sanitize_filename(title)}.mp3"
-        file_path = Path(output_dir) / filename
-        if response.status_code == 200:            
-            with open(file_path, "wb") as audio_file:
-                audio_file.write(response.content)
-            return file_path
-        else:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=response.status_code, detail="Error from ElevenLabs API")
+    try:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(300.0)) as client:  # 5 minutes timeout
+            response = await client.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
+            output_dir = output_dir if output_dir else TTS_OUTPUT_DIR
+            title = title if title else dt_datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+            filename = f"{sanitize_filename(title)}.mp3"
+            file_path = Path(output_dir) / filename
+            if response.status_code == 200:            
+                with open(file_path, "wb") as audio_file:
+                    audio_file.write(response.content)
+                info(f"file_path: {file_path}")
+                return file_path
+            else:
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=response.status_code, detail="Error from ElevenLabs API")
+    except Exception as e:
+        err(f"Error from Elevenlabs API: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=response.status_code, detail="Error from ElevenLabs API")