diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index e0c61289..a264842f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
           if (err) return this.logger.error({err}, 'Gather:exec Error playing tts');
           this.logger.debug('Gather: say task completed');
           if (!this.killed) {
-            //if (this.listenAfterSpeech) {
+            if (this.listenAfterSpeech) {
               startListening(cs, ep);
-           // } else {
-             // this.kill(cs);
-            //}
+            } else {
+            setTimeout(()=>{
+              this.kill(cs);
+            },1000)
+             }
           }
         });
       }