diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index 5a77e679..3f8add62 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -189,18 +189,18 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
    * Creates a promt which will be sent to the consumer. We will create a say task if bargein is disabled
    * for session and nextTurn, else create a gather task.
    */
-  _createPromtTask({text, url, turnConfig, dontListenAfterSpeech} = {}) {
+  _createPromtTask({text, url, turnConfig, listenAfterSpeech} = {}) {
     const bargeInOnNextTurn = turnConfig?.bargein?.enable?.length > 0;
     const bargeInSession = this.config.bargeInEnabled;
     if (bargeInOnNextTurn || bargeInSession) {
-      return this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: text, url, turnConfig, dontListenAfterSpeech});
+      return this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: text, url, turnConfig, listenAfterSpeech});
     }
     return this._makeSayTask({text, turnConfig});
   }
 
-  _makeGatherTask({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig} = {}) {
+  _makeGatherTask({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig, listenAfterSpeech} = {}) {
     this.logger.debug({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig}, '_makeGatherTask');
-    const config = this.config.makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig});
+    const config = this.config.makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig, listenAfterSpeech});
     const {retry, ...rest} = config;
     this.retry = retry;
     const gather = makeTask(this.logger, {gather: rest}, this);
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
       this.logger.info({text}, 'received text');
       this._enqueueTask(async() => {
         // todo inject the session config into the say task
-        const promtTask = this._createPromtTask({ text, dontListenAfterSpeech: true });
+        const promtTask = this._createPromtTask({ text, listenAfterSpeech: false });
         await promtTask.exec(cs, ep, this);
         this.logger.debug({text}, 'executed say task');
       });
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     //then stop execution of currently queues bot output before sending the
     //response to waiting bot since otherwise we could stop upcoming bot output
 
-    if (this.config.bargeInEnabled && this.config.skipUntilBotInput) {
+    if (this.config.bargeInEnabled && this.config.skipToBotOutputEnd !== false) {
       // clear task queue, resolve the last promise and cleanup;
       this.taskQueue.lastPromise.resolve();
       this.taskQueue.end();
diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
index 5cc7ab3f..e439cd23 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@ class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
     this.update(opts);
   }
 
-  update(session) {
-    // TODO validation of session params?
-    if (session) {
-      this.sessionConfig = lodash.merge(
+  _mergeConfig(changedConfig = {}){
+    const merged = lodash.merge(
         {},
         this.sessionConfig,
         session
       );
+      merged.bargein.enable = changedConfig.bargein?.enable?.length === 0 ? [] : changedConfig.bargein?.enable;
+
+      // should we override hints with empty array or leave it as it is once saved?
+      // merged.recognizer.hints = changedConfig.recognizer?.hints
+
+  }
+
+  update(session) {
+    // TODO validation of session params?
+    if (session) {
+      this.sessionConfig = this._mergeConfig(session);
     }
     this.logger.debug({sessionLevel: this.sessionConfig}, 'SpeechConfig updated');
   }
@@ -49,24 +58,10 @@ class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
     };
   }
 
-  makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig = {}, dontListenAfterSpeech} = {}) {
+  makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt, turnConfig = {}, listenAfterSpeech} = {}) {
     // we merge from top to bottom deeply so we wil have
     // defaults from session config and then will override them via turn config
-    const opts = lodash.merge(
-      {},
-      this.sessionConfig || {}, // this should not be undefined ever
-      turnConfig
-    );
-
-    /*
-    const nextTurnKeys = Object.keys(this.turnConfig || {});
-    const newKeys = nextTurnKeys.filter((k) => !(k in opts));
-    const bothKeys = nextTurnKeys.filter((k) => k in opts);
-
-    for (const key of newKeys) opts[key] = this.turnConfig[key];
-    for (const key of bothKeys) opts[key] = {...opts[key], ...this.turnConfig[key]};
-
-    */
+    const opts = this._mergeConfig(turnConfig);
 
     this.logger.debug({
       opts,
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
         noInputSpeech,
         noInputUrl
       },
-      listenAfterSpeech: !dontListenAfterSpeech
+      listenAfterSpeech
     };
 
     const final = stripNulls(config);