diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 194086aa..700a2533 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -500,6 +500,10 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, GladiaTranscriptionEvents.ConnectFailure,
           this._onVendorConnectFailure.bind(this, cs, ep));
         this.addCustomEventListener(ep, GladiaTranscriptionEvents.Error, this._onVendorError.bind(this, cs, ep));
+        // gladia require unique url for each session
+        const {host, path} = await this.createGladiaLiveSession();
+        opts.GLADIA_SPEECH_HOST = host;
+        opts.GLADIA_SPEECH_PATH = path;
         break;
 
       case 'soniox':
diff --git a/lib/tasks/stt-task.js b/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
index 65b25341..2a818450 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/stt-task.js
@@ -203,26 +203,14 @@ class SttTask extends Task {
     if (cs.hasGlobalSttPunctuation && !this.data.recognizer.punctuation) {
       this.data.recognizer.punctuation = cs.globalSttPunctuation;
     }
-    if (this.vendor === 'gladia') {
-      const { api_key, region } = this.sttCredentials;
-      const {url} = await this.createGladiaLiveSession({
-        api_key, region,
-        model: this.data.recognizer.model || 'solaria-1',
-        options: this.data.recognizer.gladiaOptions || {}
-      });
-      const {host, pathname, search} = new URL(url);
-      this.sttCredentials.host = host;
-      this.sttCredentials.path = `${pathname}${search}`;
-    }
   }
 
 
-  async createGladiaLiveSession({
-    api_key,
-    region = 'us-west',
-    model = 'solaria-1',
-    options = {},
-  }) {
+  async createGladiaLiveSession() {
+    const { api_key, region = 'us-west' } = this.sttCredentials;
+    const model = this.data.recognizer.model || 'solaria-1';
+    const options = this.data.recognizer.gladiaOptions || {};
+
     const url = `https://api.gladia.io/v2/live?region=${region}`;
     const response = await fetch(url, {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -252,7 +240,9 @@ class SttTask extends Task {
 
     const data = await response.json();
     this.logger.debug({url: data.url}, 'Gladia Call registered');
-    return data;
+
+    const {host, pathname, search} = new URL(data.url);
+    return {host, path: `${pathname}${search}`};
   }
 
   addCustomEventListener(ep, event, handler) {
diff --git a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
index 34ccf59b..e3cd3302 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/transcribe.js
@@ -459,6 +459,14 @@ class TaskTranscribe extends SttTask {
       else if (this.data.recognizer?.hints?.length > 0) {
         prompt = this.data.recognizer?.hints.join(', ');
       }
+    } else if (this.vendor === 'gladia') {
+      // gladia require unique url for each session
+      const {host, path} = await this.createGladiaLiveSession();
+      await ep.set({
+        GLADIA_SPEECH_HOST: host,
+        GLADIA_SPEECH_PATH: path,
+      })
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.info(err, 'Error setting channel variables'));
     }
 
     await ep.startTranscription({
diff --git a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
index d060ba11..5014669c 100644
--- a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
@@ -1085,13 +1085,6 @@ module.exports = (logger) => {
         ...(keyterms && keyterms.length > 0 && {DEEPGRAMFLUX_SPEECH_KEYTERMS: keyterms.join(',')}),
       };
     }
-    else if ('gladia' === vendor) {
-      const {host, path} = sttCredentials;
-      opts = {
-        GLADIA_SPEECH_HOST: host,
-        GLADIA_SPEECH_PATH: path,
-      };
-    }
     else if ('soniox' === vendor) {
       const {sonioxOptions = {}} = rOpts;
       const {storage = {}} = sonioxOptions;