diff --git a/node-hub/dora-vad/dora_vad/main.py b/node-hub/dora-vad/dora_vad/main.py
index 9a674ddb..0ee08b08 100644
--- a/node-hub/dora-vad/dora_vad/main.py
+++ b/node-hub/dora-vad/dora_vad/main.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def main():
                 threshold=THRESHOLD,
                 min_speech_duration_ms=MIN_SPEECH_DURATION_MS,
                 min_silence_duration_ms=MIN_SILENCE_DURATION_MS,
+                sampling_rate=sr,
             )
 
             # Check ig there is timestamp
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ def main():
                     node.send_output(
                         "timestamp_start",
                         pa.array([speech_timestamps[-1]["start"]]),
+                        metadata={"sample_rate": sr},
                     )
-                    continue
                 audio = audio[0 : speech_timestamps[-1]["end"]]
                 node.send_output("audio", pa.array(audio), metadata={"sample_rate": sr})
                 last_audios = [audio[speech_timestamps[-1]["end"] :]]