diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 64cbe468..3a932dcc 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     if (evt.is_final) {
       if (evt.alternatives[0].transcript === '') {
         this.logger.info({evt}, 'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got empty transcript, listen again');
-        this._startTranscribing(ep);
+        return this._startTranscribing(ep);
       }
       this._resolve('speech', evt);
     }