diff --git a/lib/session/call-session.js b/lib/session/call-session.js
index b679590f..6407d1cf 100644
--- a/lib/session/call-session.js
+++ b/lib/session/call-session.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
           this.backgroundGatherTask && this.backgroundGatherTask.removeAllListeners();
           this.backgroundGatherTask && this.backgroundGatherTask.span.end();
           this.backgroundGatherTask = null;
-          if (autoEnable && !this.callGone) {
+          if (autoEnable && !this.callGone && !this._stopping) {
             this.logger.info('CallSession:enableBotMode: restarting background gather');
             setImmediate(() => this.enableBotMode(gather, true));
           }
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
     if (this.backgroundGatherTask) {
       try {
         this.backgroundGatherTask.removeAllListeners();
-        this.backgroundGatherTask.kill();
+        this.backgroundGatherTask.kill().catch((err) => {});
       } catch (err) {}
       this.backgroundGatherTask = null;
     }
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ class CallSession extends Emitter {
 
     // all done - cleanup
     this.logger.info('CallSession:exec all tasks complete');
+    this._stopping = true;
+    this.disableBotMode();
     this._onTasksDone();
     this._clearResources();
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/config.js b/lib/tasks/config.js
index 79becf9e..4fc38371 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/config.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/config.js
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ class TaskConfig extends Task {
       'bargeIn'
     ].forEach((k) => this[k] = this.data[k] || {});
 
-    if (this.hasBargeIn && this.bargeIn.enable === true) {
+    if (this.bargeIn.enable) {
       this.gatherOpts = {
         verb: 'gather',
         timeout: 0,
-        bargein: true
+        bargein: true,
+        input: ['speech']
       };
       [
         'finishOnKey', 'input', 'numDigits', 'minDigits', 'maxDigits',
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ class TaskConfig extends Task {
       ].forEach((k) => {
         if (this.bargeIn[k]) this.gatherOpts[k] = this.bargeIn[k];
       });
-      if (this.bargeIn.sticky) this.autoEnable = true;
     }
-    this.preconditions = this.hasBargeIn ? TaskPreconditions.Endpoint : TaskPreconditions.None;
+    if (this.bargeIn.sticky) this.autoEnable = true;
+    this.preconditions = this.bargeIn.enable ? TaskPreconditions.Endpoint : TaskPreconditions.None;
   }
 
   get name() { return TaskName.Config; }
@@ -35,11 +36,9 @@ class TaskConfig extends Task {
 
   get hasRecognizer() { return Object.keys(this.recognizer).length; }
 
-  get hasBargeIn() { return Object.keys(this.bargeIn).length; }
-
   get summary() {
     const phrase = [];
-    if (this.hasBargeIn) phrase.push('enable barge-in');
+    if (this.bargeIn.enable) phrase.push('enable barge-in');
     if (this.hasSynthesizer) {
       const {vendor:v, language:l, voice} = this.synthesizer;
       const s = `{${v},${l},${voice}}`;
@@ -75,16 +74,21 @@ class TaskConfig extends Task {
       cs.speechRecognizerLanguage = this.recognizer.language !== 'default'
         ? this.recognizer.language
         : cs.speechRecognizerLanguage;
-      this.gatherOpts.recognizer = this.recognizer;
       this.logger.info({recognizer: this.recognizer}, 'Config: updated recognizer');
     }
-    if (this.hasBargeIn) {
+    if ('enable' in this.bargeIn) {
       if (this.gatherOpts) {
-        this.logger.debug({opts: this.gatherOpts}, 'Config: enabling bargeIn');
+        this.gatherOpts.recognizer = this.hasRecognizer ?
+          this.recognizer :
+          {
+            vendor: cs.speechRecognizerVendor,
+            language: cs.speechRecognizerLanguage
+          };
+        this.logger.info({opts: this.gatherOpts}, 'Config: enabling bargeIn');
         cs.enableBotMode(this.gatherOpts, this.autoEnable);
       }
       else {
-        this.logger.debug('Config: disabling bargeIn');
+        this.logger.info('Config: disabling bargeIn');
         cs.disableBotMode();
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 3a932dcc..8fd2ab3e 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         GOOGLE_SPEECH_USE_ENHANCED: true,
         GOOGLE_SPEECH_SINGLE_UTTERANCE: true,
         GOOGLE_SPEECH_MODEL: 'command_and_search',
-        GOOGLE_SPEECH_ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_PUNCTUATION: this.punctuation
+        GOOGLE_SPEECH_ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_PUNCTUATION: !!this.punctuation
       });
       if (this.hints && this.hints.length > 1) {
         opts.GOOGLE_SPEECH_HINTS = this.hints.map((h) => h.trim()).join(',');
diff --git a/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js b/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
index 9e5bbd60..46f8d0ff 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ws-requestor.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class WsRequestor extends BaseRequestor {
           assert.ok(false, `invalid type property: ${type}`);
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      this.logger.info({err}, 'WsRequestor:_onMessage - invalid incoming message');
+      this.logger.info({err, content}, 'WsRequestor:_onMessage - invalid incoming message');
     }
   }