diff --git a/apps/app_festival.c b/apps/app_festival.c
index b6503facb9df66943a9c0941b8650ca5f49c013b..1921fdd11207141cecf3b775e3864f221415758f 100644
--- a/apps/app_festival.c
+++ b/apps/app_festival.c
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ static int send_waveform_to_channel(struct ast_channel *chan, char *waveform, in
 	if (chan->_state != AST_STATE_UP)
 		ast_answer(chan);
 	ast_stopstream(chan);
-
+	ast_indicate(chan, -1);
+	
 	owriteformat = chan->writeformat;
 	res = ast_set_write_format(chan, AST_FORMAT_SLINEAR);
 	if (res < 0) {