diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 57796d78..f801e6da 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     ].forEach((k) => this[k] = this.data[k]);
     this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
     this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
-    // this is specially for barge in where we want to make a bargebale promt
-    // to a user without listening after the say task has finished
+
     this.logger.debug({opts}, 'created gather task');
-    this.listenAfterSpeech = typeof this.data.listenAfterSpeech === "boolean" ? this.data.listenAfterSpeech : true;
     this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback || this.bargein;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
@@ -54,6 +52,12 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     if (this.say) this.sayTask = makeTask(this.logger, {say: this.say}, this);
     if (this.play) this.playTask = makeTask(this.logger, {play: this.play}, this);
 
+    if(this.sayTask || this.playTask){
+        // this is specially for barge in where we want to make a bargebale promt
+        // to a user without listening after the say task has finished
+        this.listenAfterSpeech = typeof this.data.listenAfterSpeech === "boolean" ? this.data.listenAfterSpeech : true;
+    }
+
     this.parentTask = parentTask;
   }