diff --git a/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramHttpClientOptions.cs b/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramHttpClientOptions.cs
index 16ccde90..a1073f3a 100644
--- a/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramHttpClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramHttpClientOptions.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ public DeepgramHttpClientOptions(string? apiKey = null, string? baseAddress = nu
         Log.Debug("DeepgramHttpClientOptions", headers == null ? "Headers is null" : "Headers provided");
 
         KeepAlive = false;
-        ApiKey = apiKey ?? "";
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ApiKey))
+        {
+            ApiKey = apiKey ?? "";
+        }
         BaseAddress = baseAddress ?? Defaults.DEFAULT_URI;
         OnPrem = onPrem ?? false;
         Addons = headers ?? new Dictionary<string, string>();
diff --git a/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramWsClientOptions.cs b/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramWsClientOptions.cs
index 9fa36f8e..64b25f07 100644
--- a/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramWsClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Deepgram/Models/Authenticate/v1/DeepgramWsClientOptions.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ public DeepgramWsClientOptions(string? apiKey = null, string? baseAddress = null
         Log.Debug("DeepgramWsClientOptions", headers == null ? "Headers is null" : "Headers provided");
         Log.Debug("DeepgramWsClientOptions", addons == null ? "Addons is null" : "Addons provided");
 
-        ApiKey = apiKey ?? "";
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ApiKey))
+        {
+            ApiKey = apiKey ?? "";
+        }
         BaseAddress = baseAddress ?? Defaults.DEFAULT_URI;
         KeepAlive = keepAlive ?? false;
         OnPrem = onPrem ?? false;
diff --git a/Deepgram/Models/Manage/v1/Config.cs b/Deepgram/Models/Manage/v1/Config.cs
index 44547232..3050c0b3 100644
--- a/Deepgram/Models/Manage/v1/Config.cs
+++ b/Deepgram/Models/Manage/v1/Config.cs
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ public record Config
 	[JsonPropertyName("callback")]
     public string? Callback { get; set; }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Indicates whether topic detection was requested.
-    /// </summary>
-    [JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull)]
-	[JsonPropertyName("detect_topics")]
-    public bool? DetectTopics { get; set; }
+    // TODO: This is throwing an error, need to figure out how to handle this. Commenting out for now.
+    // Please see: https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-dotnet-sdk/issues/346
+    ///// <summary>
+    ///// Indicates whether topic detection was requested.
+    ///// </summary>
+    //[JsonIgnore(Condition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull)]
+    //[JsonPropertyName("detect_topics")]
+    //public bool? DetectTopics { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Indicates whether diarization was requested.