diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/StreamAudio.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/StreamAudio.tsx
index ebf0f4e48e..52df1d6f2f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/StreamAudio.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/StreamAudio.tsx
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ export default function StreamAudio({ index = 0 }) {
     if (
       playbackRate &&
       globalAudioURL &&
+      playbackRate > 0 &&
       audioRef.current &&
       audioRef.current.playbackRate !== playbackRate
     ) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
index 3c76790e38..bdefffa6ec 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ export default function MessageAudio({ index, message, isLast }: THoverButtons)
     if (!messageAudio) {
       return;
     }
-    if (playbackRate && messageAudio && messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate) {
+    if (
+      playbackRate &&
+      playbackRate > 0 &&
+      messageAudio &&
+      messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate
+    ) {
       messageAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
     }
   }, [audioRef, isSpeaking, playbackRate, message.messageId]);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/PlaybackRate.tsx b/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/PlaybackRate.tsx
index e16bef62f3..489b8dc864 100755
--- a/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/PlaybackRate.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/PlaybackRate.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function DecibelSelector() {
           value={[playbackRate ?? 1]}
           onValueChange={(value) => setPlaybackRate(value[0])}
           doubleClickHandler={() => setPlaybackRate(null)}
-          min={-0.1}
+          min={0.1}
           max={2}
           step={0.1}
           className="ml-4 flex h-4 w-24"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default function DecibelSelector() {
           value={playbackRate ?? 1}
           disabled={!textToSpeech}
           onChange={(value) => setPlaybackRate(value ? value[0] : 0)}
-          min={-0.1}
+          min={0.1}
           max={2}
           className={cn(
             defaultTextProps,
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
index 2017cb737c..3a413a1505 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function useTextToSpeechExternal(messageId: string, isLast: boolean, index = 0)
   const playAudioPromise = (blobUrl: string) => {
     const newAudio = new Audio(blobUrl);
     const initializeAudio = () => {
-      if (playbackRate && playbackRate !== 1) {
+      if (playbackRate && playbackRate !== 1 && playbackRate > 0) {
         newAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
       }
     };