diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 36e03f5a..1d1aaf43 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         vendor: this.vendor
       }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for no stt'));
       // Notify application that STT vender is wrong.
-      this.notifyError(`No speech-to-text service credentials for ${this.vendor} have been configured`);
+      this.notifyError({msg: 'ASR error', details: `No speech-to-text service credentials for ${this.vendor} have been configured`});
       this.notifyTaskDone();
       throw new Error(`No speech-to-text service credentials for ${this.vendor} have been configured`);
     }
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
         break;
 
       default:
-        this.notifyError(`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}`);
+        this.notifyError({ msg: 'ASR error',details:`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}`});
         this.notifyTaskDone();
         throw new Error(`Invalid vendor ${this.vendor}`);
     }
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       message: `Failed connecting to Deepgram speech recognizer: ${reason}`,
       vendor: 'deepgram',
     }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for deepgram connection failure'));
-    this.notifyError(`Failed connecting to speech vendor deepgram: ${reason}`);
+    this.notifyError({msg: 'ASR error',details:`Failed connecting to speech vendor deepgram: ${reason}`});
     this.notifyTaskDone();
   }
 
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
       message: `Failed connecting to IBM watson speech recognizer: ${reason}`,
       vendor: 'ibm',
     }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for IBM connection failure'));
-    this.notifyError(`Failed connecting to speech vendor IBM: ${reason}`);
+    this.notifyError({msg: 'ASR error',details:`Failed connecting to speech vendor IBM: ${reason}`});
     this.notifyTaskDone();
   }