diff --git a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
index 89ffdc54..8e595dae 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ class ConversationAdapters:
 
     @staticmethod
     async def get_speech_to_text_config():
-        return await SpeechToTextModelOptions.objects.filter().afirst()
+        return await SpeechToTextModelOptions.objects.filter().prefetch_related("ai_model_api").afirst()
 
     @staticmethod
     @arequire_valid_user
diff --git a/src/khoj/database/migrations/0080_speechtotextmodeloptions_ai_model_api.py b/src/khoj/database/migrations/0080_speechtotextmodeloptions_ai_model_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ed66e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/khoj/database/migrations/0080_speechtotextmodeloptions_ai_model_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.10 on 2025-01-15 11:05
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("database", "0079_searchmodelconfig_embeddings_inference_endpoint_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="speechtotextmodeloptions",
+            name="ai_model_api",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                default=None,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                to="database.aimodelapi",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/khoj/database/models/__init__.py b/src/khoj/database/models/__init__.py
index 29dc5e58..3e693e15 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/models/__init__.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/models/__init__.py
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ class SpeechToTextModelOptions(DbBaseModel):
 
     model_name = models.CharField(max_length=200, default="base")
     model_type = models.CharField(max_length=200, choices=ModelType.choices, default=ModelType.OFFLINE)
+    ai_model_api = models.ForeignKey(AiModelApi, on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None, null=True, blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.model_name} - {self.model_type}"
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api.py b/src/khoj/routers/api.py
index d2df38a3..44375bca 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import uuid
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Set, Union
 
 import cron_descriptor
+import openai
 import pytz
 from apscheduler.job import Job
 from apscheduler.triggers.cron import CronTrigger
@@ -264,12 +265,21 @@ async def transcribe(
         if not speech_to_text_config:
             # If the user has not configured a speech to text model, return an unsupported on server error
             status_code = 501
-        elif state.openai_client and speech_to_text_config.model_type == SpeechToTextModelOptions.ModelType.OPENAI:
-            speech2text_model = speech_to_text_config.model_name
-            user_message = await transcribe_audio(audio_file, speech2text_model, client=state.openai_client)
         elif speech_to_text_config.model_type == SpeechToTextModelOptions.ModelType.OFFLINE:
             speech2text_model = speech_to_text_config.model_name
             user_message = await transcribe_audio_offline(audio_filename, speech2text_model)
+        elif speech_to_text_config.model_type == SpeechToTextModelOptions.ModelType.OPENAI:
+            speech2text_model = speech_to_text_config.model_name
+            if speech_to_text_config.ai_model_api:
+                api_key = speech_to_text_config.ai_model_api.api_key
+                api_base_url = speech_to_text_config.ai_model_api.api_base_url
+                openai_client = openai.OpenAI(api_key=api_key, base_url=api_base_url)
+            elif state.openai_client:
+                openai_client = state.openai_client
+            if openai_client:
+                user_message = await transcribe_audio(audio_file, speech2text_model, client=openai_client)
+            else:
+                status_code = 501
     finally:
         # Close and Delete the temporary audio file
         audio_file.close()