diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 23369fa8..fe011cb1 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2021 Drachtio Communications Services, LLC
+Copyright (c) 2018-2024 FirstFive8, Inc.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index a9fca80a..16c7ca3e 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
         if (!['soniox', 'aws', 'microsoft', 'deepgram'].includes(this.vendor)) this._startTranscribing(ep);
       }
       else {
+        /* this was removed to fix https://github.com/jambonz/jambonz-feature-server/issues/783 */
+        /*
         if (this.bargein && (words + bufferedWords) < this.minBargeinWordCount) {
           this.logger.debug({evt, words, bufferedWords},
             'TaskGather:_onTranscription - final transcript but < min barge words');
@@ -798,25 +800,26 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
           return;
         }
         else {
-          if (this.vendor === 'soniox') {
-            /* compile transcripts into one */
-            this._sonioxTranscripts.push(evt.vendor.finalWords);
-            evt = this.compileSonioxTranscripts(this._sonioxTranscripts, 1, this.language);
-            this._sonioxTranscripts = [];
-          }
-          else if (this.vendor === 'deepgram') {
-            /* compile transcripts into one */
-            if (!emptyTranscript) this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
-
-            /* deepgram can send an empty and final transcript; only if we have any buffered should we resolve */
-            if (this._bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) return;
-            evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(this._bufferedTranscripts, 1, this.language, this.vendor);
-            this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
-          }
-
-          /* here is where we return a final transcript */
-          this._resolve('speech', evt);
+        */
+        if (this.vendor === 'soniox') {
+          /* compile transcripts into one */
+          this._sonioxTranscripts.push(evt.vendor.finalWords);
+          evt = this.compileSonioxTranscripts(this._sonioxTranscripts, 1, this.language);
+          this._sonioxTranscripts = [];
         }
+        else if (this.vendor === 'deepgram') {
+          /* compile transcripts into one */
+          if (!emptyTranscript) this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
+
+          /* deepgram can send an empty and final transcript; only if we have any buffered should we resolve */
+          if (this._bufferedTranscripts.length === 0) return;
+          evt = this.consolidateTranscripts(this._bufferedTranscripts, 1, this.language, this.vendor);
+          this._bufferedTranscripts = [];
+        }
+
+        /* here is where we return a final transcript */
+        this._resolve('speech', evt);
+        /*}*/
       }
     }
     else {