diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index 92ef9466..11dd8ea8 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
       const taskNum = ++this.taskIdx;
       const stackNum = this.stackIdx;
       const task = this.tasks.shift();
+      task._stackNum = `${stackNum}:${taskNum}`;
       this.logger.info(`CallSession:exec starting task #${stackNum}:${taskNum}: ${task.name}`);
       this._notifyTaskStatus(task, {event: 'starting'});
       // Register verbhook span wait for end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 9bb270d1..935ba3ce 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
   }
 
   async exec(cs, {ep}) {
-    this.logger.debug({options: this.data}, 'Gather:exec');
+    this.logger.debug({options: this.data}, `Gather:exec ${this.stackNum}`);
     await super.exec(cs, {ep});
     const {updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed} = require('../utils/db-utils')(this.logger, cs.srf);
 
@@ -236,10 +236,15 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
 
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
         await this._setSpeechHandlers(cs, ep);
-        this.logger.debug('Gather:exec - going to start transcribing (listenDuringPrompt)');
-        this._startTranscribing(ep);
-        updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)
-          .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
+        if (!this.resolved && !this.killed) {
+          this.logger.debug(`Gather:exec ${this.stackNum} - going to start transcribing (listenDuringPrompt)`);
+          this._startTranscribing(ep);
+          updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)
+            .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
+        }
+        else {
+          this.logger.info(`Gather:exec ${this.stackNum} - task was killed or resolved before starting transcription`);
+        }
       }
 
       if (this.input.includes('digits') || this.dtmfBargein || this.asrDtmfTerminationDigit) {
@@ -484,7 +489,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
       locale: this.language,
       interim: this.interim,
       bugname: this.bugname
-    }, 'Gather:_startTranscribing');
+    }, `Gather:_startTranscribing ${this.stackNum}`);
 
     /**
      * Note: we don't need to ask deepgram for interim results, because they
@@ -702,7 +707,12 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
     // make sure this is not a transcript from answering machine detection
     const bugname = fsEvent.getHeader('media-bugname');
     const finished = fsEvent.getHeader('transcription-session-finished');
-    this.logger.debug({evt, bugname, finished, vendor: this.vendor}, 'Gather:_onTranscription raw transcript');
+    this.logger.debug({
+      evt,
+      bugname,
+      finished,
+      vendor: this.vendor
+    }, `Gather:_onTranscription ${this.stackNum} raw transcript`);
     if (bugname && this.bugname !== bugname) return;
 
     if (this.vendor === 'ibm' && evt?.state === 'listening') return;
@@ -875,7 +885,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
     }
   }
   _onEndOfUtterance(cs, ep) {
-    this.logger.debug('TaskGather:_onEndOfUtterance');
+    this.logger.debug(`TaskGather:_onEndOfUtterance ${this.stackNum}`);
     if (this.bargein && this.minBargeinWordCount === 0) {
       this._killAudio(cs);
     }
@@ -974,7 +984,7 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
   }
 
   async _resolve(reason, evt) {
-    this.logger.debug(`TaskGather:resolve with reason ${reason}`);
+    this.logger.debug(`TaskGather:resolve ${this.stackNum} with reason ${reason}`);
     if (this.needsStt && this.ep && this.ep.connected) {
       this.ep.stopTranscription({
         vendor: this.vendor,