diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index f3d40f84..75a55a23 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     /* when collecting dtmf, bargein on dtmf is true unless explicitly set to false */
     if (this.dtmfBargein !== false && this.input.includes('digits')) this.dtmfBargein = true;
 
+    this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
+    this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
+
+
     this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
@@ -38,9 +42,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       const {enable, voiceMs = 0, mode = -1} = recognizer.vad || {};
       this.vad = {enable, voiceMs, mode};
 
-      this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
-      this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
-
       /* aws options */
       this.vocabularyName = recognizer.vocabularyName;
       this.vocabularyFilterName = recognizer.vocabularyFilterName;
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         evt.alternatives[0].transcript.split(' ').length >= this.minBargeinWordCount) {
         this.logger.debug('Gather:_onTranscription - killing audio due to speech bargein');
         this._killAudio(cs);
+        this._resolve('speech', evt);
       }
       if (this.partialResultHook) {
         this.cs.requestor.request(this.partialResultHook,  Object.assign({speech: evt}, this.cs.callInfo))