diff --git a/dist/roverd b/dist/roverd
index dc50e4fe..4ed5cce4 100755
Binary files a/dist/roverd and b/dist/roverd differ
diff --git a/dist/servoverifier b/dist/servoverifier
index c47f483b..bfd063e3 100755
Binary files a/dist/servoverifier and b/dist/servoverifier differ
diff --git a/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh b/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
index 9da54c64..80a7cff5 100644
--- a/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
+++ b/pi/bin/video-publisher.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ AUDIO_DEVICE="${AUDIO_DEVICE:-plughw:0,0}"
 AUDIO_RATE="${AUDIO_RATE:-16000}"
 AUDIO_CHANNELS="${AUDIO_CHANNELS:-1}"
 AUDIO_BITRATE="${AUDIO_BITRATE:-64000}"
+
+# Normalize device if env still says "default"
+if [[ "${AUDIO_DEVICE}" == "default" ]]; then
+	AUDIO_DEVICE="plughw:0,0"
+fi
 # Flip the camera 180deg (supported by rpicam-vid/libcamera-vid)
 FLIP_ARGS=(--rotation 180)
 
diff --git a/pi/roverd/config.go b/pi/roverd/config.go
index 6f552df8..1ed76956 100644
--- a/pi/roverd/config.go
+++ b/pi/roverd/config.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {
 		},
 		Audio: AudioConfig{
 			CaptureEnabled: true,
-			CaptureDevice:  "default",
+			CaptureDevice:  "plughw:0,0",
 			SampleRate:     16000,
 			Channels:       1,
 			Bitrate:        64000,
diff --git a/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml b/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
index 98df36fc..8ebaf4b9 100644
--- a/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
+++ b/pi/roverd/roverd.sample.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ cameraServo:
   allowRawPulse: false
 audio:
   captureEnabled: true
-  captureDevice: default
+  captureDevice: plughw:0,0
   sampleRate: 16000
   channels: 1
   bitrate: 64000