diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index b5ef89eb..a7e1d7e2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
       if (this.data.recognizer?.deepgramOptions?.shortUtterance) this.shortUtterance = true;
     }
 
-    const opts = this.setChannelVarsForStt(this, this.sttCredentials, this.data.recognizer);
+    const opts = this.setChannelVarsForStt(this, this.sttCredentials, this.language, this.data.recognizer);
     switch (this.vendor) {
       case 'google':
         this.bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}google_transcribe`;
diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index c6a387c4..455b3010 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
       if (this.isContinuousAsr) this._doContinuousAsrWithDeepgram(this.asrTimeout);
     }
 
-    const opts = this.setChannelVarsForStt(this, this.sttCredentials, this.data.recognizer);
+    const opts = this.setChannelVarsForStt(this, this.sttCredentials, this.language, this.data.recognizer);
     switch (this.vendor) {
       case 'google':
         this.bugname = `${this.bugname_prefix}google_transcribe`;