diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 8662265..fd2ec85 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A client for Amazon Transcribe using the websocket interface
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-With NPM install the module with: `npm install aws-transcribe --save`  
+With NPM install the module with: `npm install aws-transcribe --save`
 With YARN install the module with: `yarn add aws-transcribe`
 
 ## Example
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ The `transcribeStreamConfig` is required and must have the following properties:
 -   `languageCode` must be one of "en-US", "en-AU", "en-GB", "fr-CA", "fr-FR", "es-US"
 -   `sampleRate` must be between 8000 and 44100 - the supported sample rate differs depending on the language code being used. For more information, go [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/streaming.html)
 
+It may also optionally include:
+
+-   `showSpeakerLabel` - when `true`, [speaker identification](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transcribe/latest/dg/diarization-streaming.html) will be enabled
+
 ### StreamingClient EVENTS
 
 -   `open` - when the socket to aws is opened
diff --git a/src/AwsTranscribe.ts b/src/AwsTranscribe.ts
index e80ac03..2ad2cfd 100644
--- a/src/AwsTranscribe.ts
+++ b/src/AwsTranscribe.ts
@@ -8,23 +8,21 @@ export class AwsTranscribe {
     private accessKeyId!: string
     private secretAccessKey!: string
     private sessionToken: string | undefined
-    private showSpeakerLabel?: boolean
 
     constructor(config?: ClientConfig) {
         // get from environment if config not provided
         this.setAccessKeyId(config?.accessKeyId || process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID)
         this.setSecretAccessKey(config?.secretAccessKey || process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
         this.setSessionToken(config?.sessionToken || process.env.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN)
-        this.setShowSpeakerLabel(config?.showSpeakerLabel || false)
     }
 
     private createPreSignedUrl(config: TranscribeStreamConfig) {
         const { region, languageCode, sampleRate, showSpeakerLabel } = config
         const endpoint = "transcribestreaming." + region + ".amazonaws.com:8443"
-	let query = "language-code=" + languageCode + "&media-encoding=pcm&sample-rate=" + sampleRate
-	if (showSpeakerLabel) {
-	    query += '&show-speaker-label=true'
-	}
+        let query = "language-code=" + languageCode + "&media-encoding=pcm&sample-rate=" + sampleRate
+        if (showSpeakerLabel) {
+          query += '&show-speaker-label=' + showSpeakerLabel
+        }
 
         return createPresignedURL(
             "GET",
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ export class AwsTranscribe {
                 protocol: "wss",
                 expires: 15,
                 region: region,
-                query: query
+                query: query,
             }
         )
     }
@@ -64,8 +62,4 @@ export class AwsTranscribe {
     setSessionToken(sessionToken: string | undefined) {
       this.sessionToken = sessionToken
     }
-
-    setShowSpeakerLabel(showSpeakerLabel: boolean | false) {
-        this.showSpeakerLabel = showSpeakerLabel
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/AwsTranscribe.test.ts b/src/__tests__/AwsTranscribe.test.ts
index d4a8ba7..ca100ac 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/AwsTranscribe.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/AwsTranscribe.test.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,27 @@ describe("AwsTranscribe", () => {
             })
         })
 
+        it(`should include show-speaker-label parameter when given`, () => {
+          const region = "us-east-1"
+          const sampleRate = 8000
+          const languageCode = "en-GB"
+          const showSpeakerLabel = true
+
+          client.createStreamingClient({
+            region,
+            sampleRate,
+            languageCode,
+            showSpeakerLabel,
+          })
+
+          expect(mockedCreatePresignedURL).toBeCalled()
+          const args = mockedCreatePresignedURL.mock.calls[0]
+          const options = args[5]
+          const query = options.query
+
+          expect(query).toBe(`language-code=${languageCode}&media-encoding=pcm&sample-rate=${sampleRate}&show-speaker-label=true`)
+        })
+
         it(`should create and return an instance of Streaming client with the pre signed url`, () => {
             const region = "us-east-1"
             const sampleRate = 8000
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 2f14f2a..cf46862 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export interface ClientConfig {
     accessKeyId?: string
     secretAccessKey?: string
     sessionToken?: string
-    showSpeakerLabel?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface TranscribeStreamConfig {
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ interface TranscribeItem {
     EndTime: number
     StartTime: number
     Type: "pronunciation" | "punctuation"
+    Speaker: string
 }
 
 interface TranscribeAlternative {