diff --git a/config/settings/settings.conf.storm b/config/settings/settings.conf.storm
index 10432155..a7dde90f 100644
--- a/config/settings/settings.conf.storm
+++ b/config/settings/settings.conf.storm
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ genericFrequencyCommand=play -q -v fenrirVolume -n -c1 synth fenrirDuration sine
 
 [speech]
 enabled=True
-driver=speechdDriver
+#driver=speechdDriver
+driver=genericDriver
 rate=0.85
 pitch=0.5
 # Pitch for capital letters
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ fenrirMinPitch=0
 fenrirMaxPitch=99
 fenrirMinRate=80
 fenrirMaxRate=450
+fenrirVoice=en-us
 
 
 [braille]
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ interruptOnKeyPressFilter=
 doubleTapTimeout=0.2
 
 [general]
-debugLevel=0
+debugLevel=1
 punctuationProfile=default
 punctuationLevel=some
 respectPunctuationPause=True
diff --git a/src/fenrir/speechDriver/genericDriver.py b/src/fenrir/speechDriver/genericDriver.py
index 71e2f2dc..ee033b8f 100644
--- a/src/fenrir/speechDriver/genericDriver.py
+++ b/src/fenrir/speechDriver/genericDriver.py
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ class driver():
             popenSpeechCommand = popenSpeechCommand.replace('fenrirPitch', str(utterance['pitch']).replace('"',''))               
             popenSpeechCommand = popenSpeechCommand.replace('fenrirRate', str(utterance['rate']).replace('"',''))               
             popenSpeechCommand = popenSpeechCommand.replace('fenrirText', str(utterance['text']).replace('"','').replace('\n',''))
-                  
+
             try:
                 self.lock.acquire(True)
                 self.proc = Popen(popenSpeechCommand, shell=True)
                 self.lock.release()	
-                self.proc.wait() # critical for MT? - if we lock it we deadlock it maybe.
+                self.proc.wait()
             except Exception as e:
-                    self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:worker:'str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)    
+                self.env['runtime']['debug'].writeDebugOut('speechDriver:worker:' + str(e),debug.debugLevel.ERROR)    
             self.lock.acquire(True)
             self.proc = None
             self.lock.release()