diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 4de113d1..c487401a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     /* when collecting dtmf, bargein on dtmf is true unless explicitly set to false */
     if (this.dtmfBargein !== false && this.input.includes('digits')) this.dtmfBargein = true;
 
-    this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
-    this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
-
-
     this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
@@ -52,6 +48,10 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       this.profanityOption = recognizer.profanityOption || 'raw';
       this.requestSnr = recognizer.requestSnr || false;
       this.initialSpeechTimeoutMs = recognizer.initialSpeechTimeoutMs || 0;
+
+      /* barge in configuration */
+      this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
+      this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
     }
 
     this.digitBuffer = '';
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     }
 
     const startListening = (cs, ep) => {
-      this.logger.info({input: this.input, listenDuringPrompt: this.listenDuringPrompt}, 'started listening for speech events via startListening');
       this._startTimer();
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && !this.listenDuringPrompt) {
         this._initSpeech(cs, ep)
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         this.sayTask.exec(cs, ep);  // kicked off, _not_ waiting for it to complete
         this.sayTask.on('playDone', (err) => {
           if (err) return this.logger.error({err}, 'Gather:exec Error playing tts');
-          this.logger.info({killed: this.killed, listenAfterSpeech: this.listenAfterSpeech }, 'Gather: say task completed');
+          this.logger.info('Gather: say task completed');
           if (!this.killed) {
             if (this.listenAfterSpeech === true) {
               startListening(cs, ep);
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
   }
 
   async _initSpeech(cs, ep) {
-    this.logger.info('started listening on speech events initSpeechEnter');
     try {
       const opts = {};
 
@@ -257,14 +255,13 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         opts.AZURE_USE_OUTPUT_FORMAT_DETAILED = 1;
 
         ep.addCustomEventListener(AzureTranscriptionEvents.Transcription, this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep));
-        ep.addCustomEventListener(AzureTranscriptionEvents.NoSpeechDetected, this._onNoSpeechDetected.bind(this, cs, ep));
+        ep.addCustomEventListener(AzureTranscriptionEvents.NoSpeechDetected,
+          this._onNoSpeechDetected.bind(this, cs, ep));
       }
-      this.logger.info('started listening on speech events initSpeechDone');
       await ep.set(opts)
-        .catch((err) => this.logger.info(err, 'Error setting channel variables'));
-
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.error(err, 'Error setting channel variables'));
     } catch (err) {
-      this.logger.error({message: err.message, stack: err.stack}, "could not init speech for listening");
+      this.logger.error(err, 'could not init speech for listening');
     }
   }