diff --git a/lib/tasks/config.js b/lib/tasks/config.js
index d2182188..7478b52d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/config.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/config.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TaskConfig extends Task {
         cs.disableBotMode();
       }
     }
-    if (this.record) cs.notifyRecordOptions(this.record);
+    if (this.record.action) cs.notifyRecordOptions(this.record);
   }
 
   async kill(cs) {
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index ccd679ad..9d02b1f7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       this.logger.info(`continuousAsr triggered with dtmf ${this.asrDtmfTerminationDigit}`);
       this._clearAsrTimer();
       this._clearTimer();
-      this._resolve(this._bufferedTranscripts.length > 0 ? 'speech' : 'timeout');
+      this._startFinalAsrTimer();
+      return;
     }
     if (!resolved && this.interDigitTimeout > 0 && this.digitBuffer.length >= this.minDigits) {
       /* start interDigitTimer */
@@ -403,6 +404,20 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     this._asrTimer = null;
   }
 
+  _startFinalAsrTimer() {
+    this._clearFinalAsrTimer();
+    this._finalAsrTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.logger.debug('_startFinalAsrTimer - final asr timer went off');
+      this._resolve(this._bufferedTranscripts.length > 0 ? 'speech' : 'timeout');
+    }, 1000);
+    this.logger.debug('_startFinalAsrTimer: set for 1 second');
+  }
+
+  _clearFinalAsrTimer() {
+    if (this._finalAsrTimer) clearTimeout(this._finalAsrTimer);
+    this._finalAsrTimer = null;
+  }
+
   _killAudio(cs) {
     if (!this.sayTask && !this.playTask && this.bargein) {
       if (this.ep?.connected && !this.playComplete) {
@@ -466,6 +481,10 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         this.logger.info({evt}, 'TaskGather:_onTranscription - got transcript during continous asr');
         this._bufferedTranscripts.push(evt);
         this._clearTimer();
+        if (this._finalAsrTimer) {
+          this._clearFinalAsrTimer();
+          return this._resolve(this._bufferedTranscripts.length > 0 ? 'speech' : 'timeout');
+        }
         this._startAsrTimer();
         return this._startTranscribing(ep);
       }