diff --git a/Uptated-Prototype/TTS-Script-PiperTTS.py b/Uptated-Prototype/TTS-Script-PiperTTS.py
index 146c9f3..5150cfa 100644
--- a/Uptated-Prototype/TTS-Script-PiperTTS.py
+++ b/Uptated-Prototype/TTS-Script-PiperTTS.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 
 texttospeak = subprocess.Popen(["xsel"], text=True)
-print(str(texttospeak))
+print(texttospeak)
 
 # texttospeak = "Welcome to the world of speech synthesis! This is an example of text-to-speech using Piper TTS."
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ voicedir = os.path.expanduser('~') #Where onnx model files are stored on my mach
 model = voicedir+"/en_GB-alba-medium.onnx"
 voice = PiperVoice.load(model)
     
-chunks = voice.synthesize(texttospeak) # Set up Piper to stream audio from TextToSpeak
+chunks = voice.synthesize(str(texttospeak)) # Set up Piper to stream audio from TextToSpeak
 first_chunk = next(chunks) # Get the first chunk to set up audio stream configuration
 
 p = pyaudio.PyAudio()