diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index adbf91ae..0ddaf20d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -263,14 +263,16 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     try {
       // lets wait until we have finished processing the speech before
       // starting a gather...
+      this.logger.debug("enqueued bot final ping gather");
       this._enqueueTask(async() => {
-
-        try {
+        this.logger.debug("executing bot final ping gather");
+      try {
           const gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask();
           await gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this);
         } catch (err) {
           this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy final ping gather task returned error');
         }
+        this.logger.debug("executed bot final ping gather");
       });
 
     } catch (err) {
@@ -371,7 +373,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
       // clear task queue, resolve the last promise and cleanup;
       this.taskQueue.lastPromise.resolve();
       this.taskQueue.end();
-      this._killSayTasks();
+      //this._killSayTasks();
       this.taskQueue.autostart = true;
     }