diff --git a/lib/tasks/stt-task.js b/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
index e858608f..a1baca87 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
@@ -123,10 +123,18 @@ class SttTask extends Task {
         this.sttCredentials = await this._initSpeechCredentials(this.cs, this.vendor, this.label);
       } catch (error) {
         if (this.canFallback) {
+          this.notifyError(
+            {
+              msg: 'ASR error', details:`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}, Error: ${error}`,
+              failover: 'in progress'
+            });
           await this._initFallback();
-          this.notifyError({ msg: 'ASR error', details:`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}`, failover: 'in progress'});
         } else {
-          this.notifyError({ msg: 'ASR error', details:`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}`, failover: 'not available'});
+          this.notifyError(
+            {
+              msg: 'ASR error', details:`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}, Error: ${error}`,
+              failover: 'not available'
+            });
           throw error;
         }
       }
@@ -169,11 +177,6 @@ class SttTask extends Task {
         alert_type: AlertType.STT_NOT_PROVISIONED,
         vendor
       }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for no stt'));
-      // Notify application that STT vender is wrong.
-      this.notifyError({
-        msg: 'ASR error',
-        details: `No speech-to-text service credentials for ${vendor} have been configured`
-      });
       this.notifyTaskDone();
       throw new Error(`No speech-to-text service credentials for ${vendor} have been configured`);
     }