diff --git a/modem/audio.py b/modem/audio.py
index b4d2031d..c4a96678 100644
--- a/modem/audio.py
+++ b/modem/audio.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_audio_devices():
 
 
 def device_crc(device) -> str:
-    crc_hwid = crc_algorithm(bytes(f"{device}", encoding="utf-8"))
+    crc_hwid = crc_algorithm(bytes(f"{device['name']}.{device['hostapi']}", encoding="utf-8"))
     crc_hwid = crc_hwid.to_bytes(2, byteorder="big")
     crc_hwid = crc_hwid.hex()
     return crc_hwid