diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-extra.yml b/.github/workflows/test-extra.yml
index 8b37b52ddb9..a2c3487295a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-extra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-extra.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
            make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/parler-tts
            make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/parler-tts test
+      - name: Setup tmate session if tests fail
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3.19
+        with:
+          detached: true
+          connect-timeout-seconds: 180
+          limit-access-to-actor: true
 
   tests-openvoice:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
index fc51d5647e1..14df9b14068 100755
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/install.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,18 @@ if [ "x${BUILD_PROFILE}" == "xintel" ]; then
     EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
 fi
 
-installRequirements
\ No newline at end of file
+
+installRequirements
+
+
+# https://github.com/descriptinc/audiotools/issues/101
+# incompatible protobuf versions.
+PYDIR=python3.10
+pyenv="${MY_DIR}/venv/lib/${PYDIR}/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/"
+
+if [ ! -d ${pyenv} ]; then
+    echo "(parler-tts/install.sh): Error: ${pyenv} does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/main/python/google/protobuf/internal/builder.py -o ${pyenv}/builder.py
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
index ca083c4012d..702074de41c 100644
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements-after.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 git+https://github.com/huggingface/parler-tts.git@8e465f1b5fcd223478e07175cb40494d19ffbe17
 llvmlite==0.43.0
-numba==0.60.0
\ No newline at end of file
+numba==0.60.0
+grpcio-tools==1.42.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt
index 7fbf4cb3daa..3187f526dcd 100644
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 grpcio==1.67.0
-grpcio-tools==1.44.0
-protobuf
 certifi
-llvmlite==0.43.0
\ No newline at end of file
+llvmlite==0.43.0