diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index b016a6a3..146e75e3 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     this.timeoutCount = 0;
     // create a task queue so we can execute our taskss subsequently
     // also executing tasks whenever they come in
-    this.taskQueue = queue({concurrency: 1, autostart: true});
+    this.taskQueue = queue({concurrency: 1, autostart: 1});
   }
 
   get name() { return TaskName.Cognigy; }
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
 
   async _onBotFinalPing(cs, ep) {
     this.logger.info({prompts: this.prompts}, 'Cognigy:_onBotFinalPing');
-    this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: ""});
+    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 = [];