diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index b8c6230f3..97b00cdf0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -194,9 +194,10 @@ export const createPage = async (
       refresh: ctx.refresh,
     })
 
+    page.id = body._id as string
     await ctx.pubsub.entityCreated<Page>(EntityType.PAGE, page, ctx.uid)
 
-    return body._id as string
+    return page.id
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('failed to create a page in elastic', JSON.stringify(e))
     return undefined
@@ -317,6 +318,8 @@ export const getPageByParam = async <K extends keyof ParamSet>(
 
 export const getPageById = async (id: string): Promise<Page | undefined> => {
   try {
+    if (!id) return undefined
+
     const { body } = await client.get({
       index: INDEX_ALIAS,
       id,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
index 2e547afc0..f25c33ae4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/types.ts
@@ -247,15 +247,7 @@ export interface SearchItem {
   highlights?: Highlight[]
 }
 
-const keys = [
-  '_id',
-  'url',
-  'slug',
-  'userId',
-  'uploadFileId',
-  'state',
-  'id',
-] as const
+const keys = ['_id', 'url', 'slug', 'userId', 'uploadFileId', 'state'] as const
 
 export type ParamSet = PickTuple<Page, typeof keys>
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
index 4994d64d5..f80f138ba 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/text_to_speech.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export function speechServiceRouter() {
       const data: { userId: string; type: string; id: string } =
         JSON.parse(msgStr)
       const { userId, type, id } = data
-      if (!userId || !type) {
-        logger.info('No userId or type found in message')
+      if (!userId || !type || !id) {
+        logger.info('Invalid data')
         return res.status(400).send('Bad Request')
       }
 
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ export function speechServiceRouter() {
         return res.status(200).send('Not a page')
       }
 
-      // checks if this page needs to be synthesized automatically
       const page = await getPageById(id)
       if (!page) {
         logger.info('No page found', { id })
         return res.status(200).send('No page found')
       }
 
+      // checks if this page needs to be synthesized automatically
       if (await shouldSynthesize(userId, page)) {
         logger.info('page needs to be synthesized')
         // initialize state