diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 3c78c5b8..d044aed4 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
     // this is specially for barge in where we want to make a bargebale promt
     // to a user without listening after the say task has finished
+    this.logger({opts}, 'created gather task');
     this.listenAfterSpeech = this.data.listenAfterSpeech === false;
     this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback || this.bargein;