diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index c28e1473..9d438411 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
   get needsStt() { return this.input.includes('speech'); }
 
   get wantsMultipleUtterances() {
-    return this.data.recognizer?.singleUtterance === false;
+    return this.data.recognizer?.singleUtterance !== true;
   }
 
   get earlyMedia() {
diff --git a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
index 07422caa..d32d174b 100644
--- a/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/transcription-utils.js
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ module.exports = (logger) => {
         ...(rOpts.profanityFilter && {GOOGLE_SPEECH_PROFANITY_FILTER: 1}),
         ...(rOpts.punctuation && {GOOGLE_SPEECH_ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_PUNCTUATION: 1}),
         ...(rOpts.words && {GOOGLE_SPEECH_ENABLE_WORD_TIME_OFFSETS: 1}),
-        ...((rOpts.singleUtterance || task.name === TaskName.Gather) &&
+        ...((rOpts.singleUtterance /*|| task.name === TaskName.Gather*/) &&
           {GOOGLE_SPEECH_SINGLE_UTTERANCE: 1}),
         ...(rOpts.singleUtterance === false && {GOOGLE_SPEECH_SINGLE_UTTERANCE: 0}),
         ...(rOpts.diarization && {GOOGLE_SPEECH_SPEAKER_DIARIZATION: 1}),