diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index d915bd1b..43c9eb51 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     try {
       if (this.sayTask) {
         this.logger.debug('Gather: kicking off say task');
-        if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
-          await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);
-          this._startTranscribing(ep);
-          updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)
-            .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
-        }
         this.sayTask.exec(cs, ep);
         this.sayTask.on('playDone', async(err) => {
           if (err) return this.logger.error({err}, 'Gather:exec Error playing tts');
@@ -120,12 +114,6 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         });
       }
       else if (this.playTask) {
-        if (this.listenDuringPrompt && this.input.includes('speech')) {
-          await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);
-          this._startTranscribing(ep);
-          updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)
-            .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
-        }
         this.playTask.exec(cs, ep);  // kicked off, _not_ waiting for it to complete
         this.playTask.on('playDone', async(err) => {
           if (err) return this.logger.error({err}, 'Gather:exec Error playing url');
@@ -141,6 +129,13 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       }
       else startListening(cs, ep);
 
+      if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
+          await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);
+          this._startTranscribing(ep);
+          updateSpeechCredentialLastUsed(this.sttCredentials.speech_credential_sid)
+            .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
+      }
+
       if (this.input.includes('digits') || this.dtmfBargein) {
         ep.on('dtmf', this._onDtmf.bind(this, cs, ep));
       }