diff --git a/lib/routes/echo.js b/lib/routes/echo.js
index b16e80e..57f9c77 100644
--- a/lib/routes/echo.js
+++ b/lib/routes/echo.js
@@ -11,23 +11,21 @@ const service = ({logger, makeService}) => {
       .on('/interimTranscript', onInterim.bind(null, session))
       .on('/echo', onSpeechEvent.bind(null, session));
 
-    session
-      .pause({length: 1.5})
-      .gather({
-        say: {text: 'Please say something and we will echo it back to you.'},
-        input: ['speech'],
-        actionHook: '/echo',
-        partialResultHook: '/interimTranscript',
-        timeout: 15,
-        recognizer: {
-          vendor: 'nuance',
-          language: 'en-US',
-          nuanceOptions: {
-            kryptonEndpoint: '34.199.234.49:7021'
-          }
-        }
-      })
-      .send();
+    try {
+      session
+        .pause({length: 1.5})
+        .gather({
+          say: {text: 'Please say something and we will echo it back to you.'},
+          input: ['speech'],
+          actionHook: '/echo',
+          partialResultHook: '/interimTranscript',
+          timeout: 15,
+        })
+        .send();
+
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error({err}, `error handling session ${session.call_sid}`);
+    }
   });
 };
 
@@ -57,13 +55,6 @@ const echoSpeech = async(session, evt) => {
       say: {text: 'Say something else.'},
       input: ['speech'],
       actionHook: '/echo',
-      recognizer: {
-        vendor: 'nuance',
-        language: 'en-US',
-        nuanceOptions: {
-          kryptonEndpoint: '34.199.234.49:7021'
-        }
-      }
     })
     .reply();
 };
@@ -74,13 +65,6 @@ const reprompt = async(session, evt) => {
       say: {text: 'Are you still there?  I didn\'t hear anything.'},
       input: ['speech'],
       actionHook: '/echo',
-      recognizer: {
-        vendor: 'nuance',
-        language: 'en-US',
-        nuanceOptions: {
-          kryptonEndpoint: '34.199.234.49:7021'
-        }
-      }
     })
     .reply();
 };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e3ec374..5a73073 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@jambonz/node-client-ws": "^0.1.11",
+        "@jambonz/node-client-ws": "^0.1.13",
         "pino": "^8.11.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -83,19 +83,19 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/@jambonz/node-client-ws": {
-      "version": "0.1.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/node-client-ws/-/node-client-ws-0.1.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B+yGifcYLZk765E8P8JDmBOp5UvknoutIv/FaaWTRnY/br8YcEQZ2rehcOVTmOIAnod77QSkodAOTqo1VjZOCQ==",
+      "version": "0.1.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/node-client-ws/-/node-client-ws-0.1.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yAzcjGsNnNoxcUKNjvoaiwcp64dqFt/QrU0HYAxJcVeQNS0NaRBm8aWs6/BBMu4fd3uGCDNDH5Kby79CxoWljw==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.6",
+        "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.17",
         "parseurl": "^1.3.3",
-        "ws": "^8.12.0"
+        "ws": "^8.13.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@jambonz/verb-specifications": {
-      "version": "0.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/verb-specifications/-/verb-specifications-0.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lb6bYENWr19KA4hDtQQJI/CM+MQOpBJqGusn7OXb2SWoVfPvW/VQcPo+TOEnmyA/H4vhLxo1LZpf4NbPdI4Isg==",
+      "version": "0.0.17",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/verb-specifications/-/verb-specifications-0.0.17.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tYi6rKShNhU/pXc/ZaEeTYfdv5LXmRaGWfdcN499IiGqMnAFZ/0p0HYgOoSsupn90hlquFsy4eyg+41hxherTw==",
       "dependencies": {
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "pino": "^8.8.0"
@@ -1377,9 +1377,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "8.12.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.12.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1qo+M9Ba+xNhPB+YTWUlK6M17brTut5EXbcBaMRN5pH5dFrXz7lzz1ChFSUq3bOUl8yEvSenhHmYUNJxFzdJew==",
+      "version": "8.13.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-x9vcZYTrFPC7aSIbj7sRCYo7L/Xb8Iy+pW0ng0wt2vCJv7M9HOMy0UoN3rr+IFC7hb7vXoqS+P9ktyLLLhO+LA==",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
       },
@@ -1457,19 +1457,19 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@jambonz/node-client-ws": {
-      "version": "0.1.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/node-client-ws/-/node-client-ws-0.1.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B+yGifcYLZk765E8P8JDmBOp5UvknoutIv/FaaWTRnY/br8YcEQZ2rehcOVTmOIAnod77QSkodAOTqo1VjZOCQ==",
+      "version": "0.1.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/node-client-ws/-/node-client-ws-0.1.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yAzcjGsNnNoxcUKNjvoaiwcp64dqFt/QrU0HYAxJcVeQNS0NaRBm8aWs6/BBMu4fd3uGCDNDH5Kby79CxoWljw==",
       "requires": {
-        "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.6",
+        "@jambonz/verb-specifications": "^0.0.17",
         "parseurl": "^1.3.3",
-        "ws": "^8.12.0"
+        "ws": "^8.13.0"
       }
     },
     "@jambonz/verb-specifications": {
-      "version": "0.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/verb-specifications/-/verb-specifications-0.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lb6bYENWr19KA4hDtQQJI/CM+MQOpBJqGusn7OXb2SWoVfPvW/VQcPo+TOEnmyA/H4vhLxo1LZpf4NbPdI4Isg==",
+      "version": "0.0.17",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@jambonz/verb-specifications/-/verb-specifications-0.0.17.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tYi6rKShNhU/pXc/ZaEeTYfdv5LXmRaGWfdcN499IiGqMnAFZ/0p0HYgOoSsupn90hlquFsy4eyg+41hxherTw==",
       "requires": {
         "debug": "^4.3.4",
         "pino": "^8.8.0"
@@ -2377,9 +2377,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "ws": {
-      "version": "8.12.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.12.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1qo+M9Ba+xNhPB+YTWUlK6M17brTut5EXbcBaMRN5pH5dFrXz7lzz1ChFSUq3bOUl8yEvSenhHmYUNJxFzdJew==",
+      "version": "8.13.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-x9vcZYTrFPC7aSIbj7sRCYo7L/Xb8Iy+pW0ng0wt2vCJv7M9HOMy0UoN3rr+IFC7hb7vXoqS+P9ktyLLLhO+LA==",
       "requires": {}
     },
     "yocto-queue": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2782912..42eae4d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jambonz/node-client-ws": "^0.1.11",
+    "@jambonz/node-client-ws": "^0.1.13",
     "pino": "^8.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {