diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs
index 9801e16b..169a72fd 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs	
@@ -561,16 +561,35 @@ public abstract class BaseProvider : IProvider, ISecretId
 
             using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, host.TranscriptionURL());
             request.Content = form;
-        
-            if(requestedSecret.Success)
-                request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", await requestedSecret.Secret.Decrypt(ENCRYPTION));
-	
+
+            // Handle the authorization header based on the provider:
+            switch (this.Provider)
+            {
+                case LLMProviders.SELF_HOSTED:
+                    if(requestedSecret.Success)
+                        request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", await requestedSecret.Secret.Decrypt(ENCRYPTION));
+                    
+                    break;
+                
+                default:
+                    if(!requestedSecret.Success)
+                    {
+                        this.logger.LogError("No valid API key available for transcription request.");
+                        return string.Empty;
+                    }
+                    
+                    break;
+            }
+            
             using var response = await this.httpClient.SendAsync(request, token);
             var responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(token).Result;
         
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                this.logger.LogError("Transcription request failed with status code {ResponseStatusCode} and body: '{ResponseBody}'.", response.StatusCode, responseBody);
                 return string.Empty;
-        
+            }
+
             var transcriptionResponse = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<TranscriptionResponse>(responseBody, JSON_SERIALIZER_OPTIONS);
             if(transcriptionResponse is null)
             {
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Fireworks/ProviderFireworks.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Fireworks/ProviderFireworks.cs
index a3f27a07..736104f8 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Fireworks/ProviderFireworks.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Fireworks/ProviderFireworks.cs	
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class ProviderFireworks() : BaseProvider(LLMProviders.FIREWORKS, "https:/
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public override async Task<string> TranscribeAudioAsync(Model transcriptionModel, string audioFilePath, SettingsManager settingsManager, CancellationToken token = default)
     {
-        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, isTrying: true);
+        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this);
         return await this.PerformStandardTranscriptionRequest(requestedSecret, transcriptionModel, audioFilePath, token: token);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/GWDG/ProviderGWDG.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/GWDG/ProviderGWDG.cs
index 16686b31..16e8b646 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/GWDG/ProviderGWDG.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/GWDG/ProviderGWDG.cs	
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public sealed class ProviderGWDG() : BaseProvider(LLMProviders.GWDG, "https://ch
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public override async Task<string> TranscribeAudioAsync(Model transcriptionModel, string audioFilePath, SettingsManager settingsManager, CancellationToken token = default)
     {
-        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, isTrying: true);
+        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this);
         return await this.PerformStandardTranscriptionRequest(requestedSecret, transcriptionModel, audioFilePath, token: token);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Mistral/ProviderMistral.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Mistral/ProviderMistral.cs
index 522b9e4d..f560571f 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Mistral/ProviderMistral.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/Mistral/ProviderMistral.cs	
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public sealed class ProviderMistral() : BaseProvider(LLMProviders.MISTRAL, "http
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public override async Task<string> TranscribeAudioAsync(Provider.Model transcriptionModel, string audioFilePath, SettingsManager settingsManager, CancellationToken token = default)
     {
-        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, isTrying: true);
+        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this);
         return await this.PerformStandardTranscriptionRequest(requestedSecret, transcriptionModel, audioFilePath, token: token);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ProviderOpenAI.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ProviderOpenAI.cs
index 76521cd4..f36a2f6c 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ProviderOpenAI.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ProviderOpenAI.cs	
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public sealed class ProviderOpenAI() : BaseProvider(LLMProviders.OPEN_AI, "https
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public override async Task<string> TranscribeAudioAsync(Model transcriptionModel, string audioFilePath, SettingsManager settingsManager, CancellationToken token = default)
     {
-        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this, isTrying: true);
+        var requestedSecret = await RUST_SERVICE.GetAPIKey(this);
         return await this.PerformStandardTranscriptionRequest(requestedSecret, transcriptionModel, audioFilePath, token: token);
     }