diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index d8b68794..886f70b7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
           if (!this.killed) startListening(cs, ep);
         });
       }
-      else this._startTimer();
+      else this.startListening();
 
       if (this.input.includes('speech') && this.listenDuringPrompt) {
         await this._initSpeech(cs, ep);