diff --git a/psConfig/tasks/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf b/psConfig/tasks/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf
index 94d5652f1d20d86b8ce3e044bfbcd6a8a98c22cf..7fb8b9dc87dc712ac74ee1249aa8b8b38f348d32 100644
--- a/psConfig/tasks/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf
+++ b/psConfig/tasks/speechRecognition/speechRecognition.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ uttdb=47;
 silence=400;
 timeout=8;
 openDeviceDirectly=yes;
+alsadevice=sysdefault;
 
 [pocketsphinxinstance]
 name=speechRecognition;