diff --git a/TTS.gd b/TTS.gd
index 3f3bccf..5c7a4b4 100644
--- a/TTS.gd
+++ b/TTS.gd
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ var normal_rate_percentage setget , _get_rate_percentage
 
 
 func speak(text, interrupt := true):
+	var utterance
 	if tts != null:
-		tts.speak(text, interrupt)
+		utterance = tts.speak(text, interrupt)
 	elif OS.has_feature('JavaScript'):
 		var code = (
 			"""
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ func speak(text, interrupt := true):
 		JavaScript.eval(code)
 	else:
 		print_debug("%s: %s" % [text, interrupt])
+	return utterance
 
 
 func stop():
@@ -236,8 +238,6 @@ func singular_or_plural(count, singular, plural):
 
 
 func _on_utterance_begin(utterance):
-	print("Here")
-	print(utterance)
 	emit_signal("utterance_begin", utterance)
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index daad223..0a79814 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -174,9 +174,17 @@ impl TTS {
     }
 
     #[export]
-    fn speak(&mut self, _owner: &Node, message: GodotString, interrupt: bool) {
+    fn speak(&mut self, _owner: &Node, message: GodotString, interrupt: bool) -> Option<Variant> {
         let message = message.to_string();
-        self.0.speak(message, interrupt).unwrap();
+        if let Ok(id) = self.0.speak(message, interrupt) {
+            let utterance: Instance<Utterance, Unique> = Instance::new();
+            utterance
+                .map_mut(|u, _| u.0 = id)
+                .expect("Failed to set utterance ID");
+            Some(utterance.owned_to_variant())
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 
     #[export]
@@ -208,16 +216,16 @@ impl TTS {
             match msg {
                 Msg::UtteranceBegin(utterance_id) => {
                     let utterance: Instance<Utterance, Unique> = Instance::new();
-                    /*utterance
-                    .map_mut(|u, _| u.0 = Some(utterance_id))
-                    .expect("Failed to set utterance ID");*/
+                    utterance
+                        .map_mut(|u, _| u.0 = Some(utterance_id))
+                        .expect("Failed to set utterance ID");
                     owner.emit_signal("utterance_begin", &[utterance.owned_to_variant()]);
                 }
                 Msg::UtteranceEnd(utterance_id) => {
                     let utterance: Instance<Utterance, Unique> = Instance::new();
-                    /*utterance
-                    .map_mut(|u, _| u.0 = Some(utterance_id))
-                    .expect("Failed to set utterance ID");*/
+                    utterance
+                        .map_mut(|u, _| u.0 = Some(utterance_id))
+                        .expect("Failed to set utterance ID");
                     owner.emit_signal("utterance_end", &[utterance.owned_to_variant()]);
                 }
             }
@@ -227,6 +235,7 @@ impl TTS {
 
 fn init(handle: InitHandle) {
     env_logger::init();
+    handle.add_class::<Utterance>();
     handle.add_class::<TTS>();
 }