diff --git a/neon_speech/service.py b/neon_speech/service.py
index bf84cd8..0644813 100644
--- a/neon_speech/service.py
+++ b/neon_speech/service.py
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ def __init__(self, ready_hook=on_ready, error_hook=on_error,
         self.lock = Lock()
         self._stop_service = Event()
         if self.config.get('listener', {}).get('enable_stt_api', True):
-            self.api_stt = STTFactory.create(config=self.config,
-                                             results_event=None)
+            self.api_stt = STTFactory.create(config=self.config)
         else:
             LOG.info("Skipping api_stt init")
             self.api_stt = None
diff --git a/neon_speech/utils.py b/neon_speech/utils.py
index 6821a42..7369308 100644
--- a/neon_speech/utils.py
+++ b/neon_speech/utils.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def init_stt_plugin(plugin: str):
         LOG.warning(f"Could not find plugin: {plugin}")
 
 
+@deprecated("Platform detection has been deprecated", "5.0.0")
 def use_neon_speech(func):
     """
     Wrapper to ensure call originates from neon_speech for stack checks.
diff --git a/requirements/docker.txt b/requirements/docker.txt
index bb0aae8..6831c38 100644
--- a/requirements/docker.txt
+++ b/requirements/docker.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ovos-stt-plugin-vosk~=0.1
-neon-stt-plugin-nemo~=0.0.2
+neon-stt-plugin-nemo~=0.0.2,>=0.0.5a4
 onnxruntime!=1.16.0  # TODO: Patching https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/issues/17631
 
 # Load alternative WW plugins so they are available
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests.py
index 3845018..b2ed9e3 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 
 from os.path import dirname, join
 from threading import Thread, Event
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+from unittest import skip
+from unittest.mock import patch
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from ovos_bus_client import Message
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@
 
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(dirname(__file__), "config")
 os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] = CONFIG_PATH
+os.environ["OVOS_CONFIG_BASE_FOLDER"] = "neon"
+os.environ["OVOS_CONFIG_FILENAME"] = "neon.yaml"
 
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
@@ -80,12 +83,13 @@ def test_install_stt_plugin(self):
             "ovos-stt-plugin-vosk"))
         import ovos_stt_plugin_vosk
 
+    @skip("Configuration patching is deprecated")
     def test_patch_config(self):
         from neon_speech.utils import use_neon_speech
         from neon_utils.configuration_utils import init_config_dir
         test_config_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "config")
         os.makedirs(test_config_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"] = test_config_dir
+
         use_neon_speech(init_config_dir)()
 
         with open(join(test_config_dir, "OpenVoiceOS", 'ovos.conf')) as f:
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ def test_ovos_plugin_compat(self):
         ovos_vosk_streaming = STTFactory().create(
             {'module': 'ovos-stt-plugin-vosk-streaming',
              'lang': 'en-us'})
-        self.assertIsInstance(ovos_vosk_streaming.results_event, Event)
+        # self.assertIsInstance(ovos_vosk_streaming.results_event, Event)
         test_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
                                  "audio_files", "stop.wav")
         from neon_utils.file_utils import get_audio_file_stream