diff --git a/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/tts.py b/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/tts.py
index f24b2fff..d911f784 100644
--- a/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/tts.py
+++ b/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/tts.py
@@ -547,6 +547,10 @@ def _get_ctxt(self, kwargs=None) -> TTSContext:
             sess = SessionManager.get(message)
             kwargs["lang"] = sess.lang
 
+        # voice from config
+        if "voice" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["voice"] = self.voice
+
         # filter kwargs accepted by this specific plugin
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items()
                   if k in inspect.signature(self.get_tts).parameters
@@ -555,7 +559,7 @@ def _get_ctxt(self, kwargs=None) -> TTSContext:
         LOG.debug(f"TTS kwargs: {kwargs}")
         return TTSContext(plugin_id=self.plugin_id,
                           lang=kwargs.get("lang") or Configuration().get("lang", "en-us"),
-                          voice=kwargs.get("voice") or self.voice,
+                          voice=kwargs.get("voice", "default"),
                           synth_kwargs=kwargs)
 
     def _execute(self, sentence, ident, listen, preprocess=True, **kwargs):
@@ -885,8 +889,6 @@ def get_from_cache(self, sentence):
         return self._get_ctxt().get_from_cache(sentence, self.audio_ext, self.config)
 
     @property
-    @deprecated("language is defined per request in get_tts, self.lang is not used",
-                "0.1.0")
     def lang(self):
         message = dig_for_message()
         if message:
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_tts.py b/test/unittests/test_tts.py
index 88b7a29f..ec3baf16 100644
--- a/test/unittests/test_tts.py
+++ b/test/unittests/test_tts.py
@@ -362,14 +362,14 @@ def test_tts_session(self):
         self.assertEqual(ctxt.plugin_id, tts.plugin_id)
         self.assertEqual(ctxt.lang, sess.lang)
         self.assertEqual(ctxt.tts_id, f"{tts.plugin_id}/default/en-us")
-        self.assertEqual(ctxt.synth_kwargs, {'lang': 'en-us'})
+        self.assertEqual(ctxt.synth_kwargs, {'lang': 'en-us', "voice": "default"})
 
         sess = Session(session_id="123",
                        lang="klingon")
         m = Message("speak",
                     context={"session": sess.serialize()})
-        kwargs = {"message": m}
+        kwargs = {"message": m, "voice": "Daghor"}
         ctxt = tts._get_ctxt(kwargs)
         self.assertEqual(ctxt.lang, sess.lang)
-        self.assertEqual(ctxt.tts_id, f"{tts.plugin_id}/default/klingon")
-        self.assertEqual(ctxt.synth_kwargs, {'lang': 'klingon'})
+        self.assertEqual(ctxt.tts_id, f"{tts.plugin_id}/Daghor/klingon")
+        self.assertEqual(ctxt.synth_kwargs, {'lang': 'klingon', 'voice': 'Daghor'})