diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 700ae942..7f6cc968 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       writeAlerts({
         account_sid: this.cs.accountSid,
         alert_type: AlertType.STT_FAILURE,
-        vendor,
+        vendor: this.execVendor,
         detail: err.message
       });
     }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for tts failure'));