diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index ab132894..925e14c3 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -390,9 +390,13 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
       if (this.digitBuffer.length === 0 && this.needsStt) {
         // DTMF is higher priority than STT.
         this.removeCustomEventListeners();
+        // Fix for https://github.com/jambonz/jambonz-feature-server/issues/1281
+        // We should immediately call stop transcription from gather
+        // so that next gather can start transcription immediately
         ep.stopTranscription({
           vendor: this.vendor,
           bugname: this.bugname,
+          gracefulShutdown: false
         })
           .catch((err) => this.logger.error({err},
             ` Received DTMF, Error stopping transcription for vendor ${this.vendor}`));
@@ -1236,9 +1240,13 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
   async _resolve(reason, evt) {
     this.logger.info({evt}, `TaskGather:resolve with reason ${reason}`);
     if (this.needsStt && this.ep && this.ep.connected) {
+      // Fix for https://github.com/jambonz/jambonz-feature-server/issues/1281
+      // We should immediately call stop transcription from gather
+      // so that next gather can start transcription immediately
       this.ep.stopTranscription({
         vendor: this.vendor,
-        bugname: this.bugname
+        bugname: this.bugname,
+        gracefulShutdown: false
       })
         .catch((err) => {
           if (this.resolved) return;