diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index 2ed0b1ed..740181aa 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
   }
 
   get fallbackSpeechSynthesisVendor() {
-    return this.application.fallback_speech_synthesis_vendor;
+    return this.application.use_for_fallback_speech ? this.application.fallback_speech_synthesis_vendor : null;
   }
   set fallbackSpeechSynthesisVendor(vendor) {
     this.application.fallback_speech_synthesis_vendor = vendor;
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index c0983a2a..700ae942 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       this.logger.info(`Gather:exec - task was quickly killed so do not transcribe for vendor: ${vendor}`);
       return;
     }
-    this._startTranscribing(ep, vendor, language);
+    this.execVendor = vendor;
+    this.execLanguage = language;
+    this._startTranscribing(ep);
     return updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(credentials.speech_credential_sid);
   }
 
@@ -521,16 +523,16 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       .catch((err) => this.logger.info(err, 'Error setting channel variables'));
   }
 
-  _startTranscribing(ep, vendor = this.vendor, language = this.language) {
+  _startTranscribing(ep) {
     this.logger.debug({
-      vendor,
-      locale: language,
+      vendor: this.execVendor,
+      locale: this.execLanguage,
       interim: this.interim,
       bugname: this.bugname
     }, 'Gather:_startTranscribing');
     ep.startTranscription({
-      vendor,
-      locale: language,
+      vendor: this.execVendor,
+      locale: this.execLanguage,
       interim: this.interim,
       bugname: this.bugname,
     }).catch((err) => {