diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index 91edd096..44050d0d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -233,11 +233,15 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
 
   async _onBotFinalPing(cs, ep) {
     this.logger.info({prompts: this.prompts}, 'Cognigy:_onBotFinalPing');
-    await this.taskQueue.lastPromise;
-    this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: 'this should be changed'});
-    this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
-      .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy gather task returned error'));
-    this.prompts = [];
+    try {
+      await this.taskQueue.lastPromise;
+      this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask();
+      this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy gather task returned error'));
+      this.prompts = [];
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error({err}, 'Could not execute bot final ping!');
+    }
   }
 
   async _onBotUtterance(cs, ep, evt) {
@@ -285,14 +289,14 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
 
             return;
           case 'refer':
-            this._enqueueTask(async() => {
+            this._enqueueTask((async() => {
               const referTask =  this._makeReferTask(evt.data.number);
               await referTask.exect(cs, ep, this);
               this.performAction({cognigyResult: 'refer succeeded'});
               this.reportedFinalAction = true;
               this.notifyTaskDone();
               this.kill(cs);
-            });
+            }).bind(this));
             return;
           default:
             break;