diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index 6d355365..af02607a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
   
       await this._enqueueTask((async() => {
          this.logger.info({text}, "received text");
-          const sayTask =  this._makeSayTask(text).exec();
+          const sayTask = this._makeSayTask(text);
           await sayTask.exec(cs, ep, this);
       }).bind(this));
     }