diff --git a/api/server/services/Files/process.js b/api/server/services/Files/process.js
index d7864077e6..d8061fb68e 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Files/process.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Files/process.js
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ const processAgentFileUpload = async ({ req, res, metadata }) => {
 
     if (shouldUseSTT) {
       const sttService = await STTService.getInstance();
-      const { text, bytes } = await processAudioFile({ file, sttService });
+      const { text, bytes } = await processAudioFile({ req, file, sttService });
       return await createTextFile({ text, bytes });
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/files/audio.ts b/packages/api/src/files/audio.ts
index 27e25260cc..a2d93c1002 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/files/audio.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/files/audio.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { logger } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
-import type { STTService, AudioFileInfo, FileObject, AudioProcessingResult } from '~/types';
+import type {
+  AudioProcessingResult,
+  ServerRequest,
+  AudioFileInfo,
+  STTService,
+  FileObject,
+} from '~/types';
 
 /**
  * Processes audio files using Speech-to-Text (STT) service.
- * @param {Object} params - The parameters object.
- * @param {FileObject} params.file - The audio file object.
- * @param {STTService} params.sttService - The STT service instance.
- * @returns {Promise<AudioProcessingResult>} A promise that resolves to an object containing text and bytes.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to an object containing text and bytes.
  */
 export async function processAudioFile({
+  req,
   file,
   sttService,
 }: {
+  req: ServerRequest;
   file: FileObject;
   sttService: STTService;
 }): Promise<AudioProcessingResult> {
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ export async function processAudioFile({
       size: file.size,
     };
 
-    const [provider, sttSchema] = await sttService.getProviderSchema();
+    const [provider, sttSchema] = await sttService.getProviderSchema(req);
     const text = await sttService.sttRequest(provider, sttSchema, { audioBuffer, audioFile });
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/types/files.ts b/packages/api/src/types/files.ts
index b0540a8d26..4bfcc23e46 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/types/files.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/types/files.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import type { ServerRequest } from './http';
 export interface STTService {
   getInstance(): Promise<STTService>;
-  getProviderSchema(): Promise<[string, object]>;
+  getProviderSchema(req: ServerRequest): Promise<[string, object]>;
   sttRequest(
     provider: string,
     schema: object,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/types/http.ts b/packages/api/src/types/http.ts
index 972a48e44d..585797fe9c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/types/http.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/types/http.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import type { Request } from 'express';
+import type { IUser } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
+import type { AppConfig } from './config';
+
 /**
  * LibreChat-specific request body type that extends Express Request body
  * (have to use type alias because you can't extend indexed access types like Request['body'])
@@ -7,3 +11,8 @@ export type RequestBody = {
   conversationId?: string;
   parentMessageId?: string;
 };
+
+export type ServerRequest = Request & {
+  user?: IUser;
+  config?: AppConfig;
+};