diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 57ed8981..2faad08f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
     // this is specially for barge in where we want to make a bargebale promt
     // to a user without listening after the say task has finished
-    this.timeout = this.data.listenAfterSpeech === false ? 0 : (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
+    this.timeout = this.data.listenAfterSpeech === false ? 1 : (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
     this.interim = this.partialResultCallback || this.bargein;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
       const recognizer = this.data.recognizer;