diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 65b08da2..9230feb1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -909,6 +909,9 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
           this._sonioxTranscripts.push(evt.vendor.finalWords);
         }
       }
+
+      /* restart asr timer if we get a partial transcript */
+      if (this.isContinuousAsr) this._startAsrTimer();
     }
   }
   _onEndOfUtterance(cs, ep) {