diff --git a/tasmota/berry/audio/audio_slm.be b/tasmota/berry/audio/audio_slm.be
index f1c2dacc5..303cc2c01 100644
--- a/tasmota/berry/audio/audio_slm.be
+++ b/tasmota/berry/audio/audio_slm.be
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ class Audio_SLM
   end
 end
 
-audio_slm = Audio_SLM()
+var audio_slm = Audio_SLM()
 return audio_slm