diff --git a/runner/app/pipelines/text_to_speech.py b/runner/app/pipelines/text_to_speech.py
index 097a76529..5a4441a2e 100644
--- a/runner/app/pipelines/text_to_speech.py
+++ b/runner/app/pipelines/text_to_speech.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import soundfile as sf
 import torch
 from parler_tts import ParlerTTSForConditionalGeneration
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, pipeline
 
 from app.pipelines.base import Pipeline
 from app.pipelines.utils import get_model_dir, get_torch_device
@@ -12,27 +12,36 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+PARLER_MODEL_ID = "parler-tts-large-v1"
 
 class TextToSpeechPipeline(Pipeline):
     def __init__(self, model_id: str):
         self.device = get_torch_device()
         self.model_id = model_id
-        kwargs = {"cache_dir": get_model_dir()}
-
-        self.model = ParlerTTSForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
-            model_id,
-            **kwargs,
-        ).to(self.device)
-
-        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
-            model_id,
-            torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
-            attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
-            **kwargs,
-        )
+        cache_dir = get_model_dir()
+
+        # Setup correct pipeline for a given model_id.
+        if PARLER_MODEL_ID in model_id.lower():
+            self.model = ParlerTTSForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
+                model_id,
+                cache_dir=cache_dir,
+            ).to(self.device)
+            self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
+                model_id,
+                torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+                attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
+                cache_dir=cache_dir,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.pipe = pipeline(
+                "text-to-speech",
+                model=model_id,
+                device=self.device,
+                model_kwargs={"cache_dir": cache_dir},
+            )
 
-    def _generate_speech(self, text: str, tts_steering: str) -> io.BytesIO:
-        """Generate speech from text input using the text-to-speech model.
+    def _generate_speech_parler(self, text: str, tts_steering: str) -> io.BytesIO:
+        """Generate speech from text input using the Parler TTS model.
 
         Args:
             text: Text input for speech generation.
@@ -59,12 +68,36 @@ def _generate_speech(self, text: str, tts_steering: str) -> io.BytesIO:
             buffer.seek(0)
 
             del input_ids, prompt_input_ids, generation, generated_audio
+        return buffer
+
+    def _generate_speech(self, text: str) -> io.BytesIO:
+        """Generate speech from text input using the regular TTS pipeline.
 
+        Args:
+            text (str): The text to convert to speech.
+
+        Returns:
+            io.BytesIO: The generated speech audio in WAV format.
+        """
+        generation = self.pipe(text)
+        generated_audio = generation["audio"].squeeze()
+
+        buffer = io.BytesIO()
+        sf.write(
+            buffer,
+            generated_audio,
+            samplerate=generation["sampling_rate"],
+            format="WAV",
+        )
+        buffer.seek(0)
         return buffer
 
     def __call__(self, params) -> io.BytesIO:
         try:
-            output = self._generate_speech(params.text, params.description)
+            if PARLER_MODEL_ID in self.model_id.lower():
+                output = self._generate_speech_parler(params.text, params.description)
+            else:
+                output = self._generate_speech(params.text)
         except torch.cuda.OutOfMemoryError as e:
             raise e
         except Exception as e: