diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index b260f69..38304d8 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ const settings = {
     "stt_agent_name": "", // agent name for STT messages, if empty it will send the STT to all bots
     
     // STT Audio Detection Settings
-    "stt_rms_threshold": 8000,       // Higher = less sensitive to background noise
+    "stt_rms_threshold": 1000,       // Higher = less sensitive to background noise
     "stt_silence_duration": 2000,   // 2 seconds of silence before stopping
     "stt_min_audio_duration": 0.5,  // Minimum audio duration in seconds
-    "stt_max_audio_duration": 15,   // Maximum audio duration in seconds
+    "stt_max_audio_duration": 45,   // Maximum audio duration in seconds
     "stt_debug_audio": false,       // Enable to see audio levels and tune threshold
     "stt_cooldown_ms": 2000,        // Minimum time between recordings (increased)
     "stt_speech_threshold_ratio": 0.15, // Percentage of samples that must be above threshold to consider it speech