diff --git a/mycroft/client/speech/listener.py b/mycroft/client/speech/listener.py
index 2b4fc6ef6f69..b0bc8481ebcd 100644
--- a/mycroft/client/speech/listener.py
+++ b/mycroft/client/speech/listener.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class AudioConsumer(threading.Thread):
     """
 
     # In seconds, the minimum audio size to be sent to remote STT
-    MIN_AUDIO_SIZE = 1.0
+    MIN_AUDIO_SIZE = 0.5
 
     def __init__(self, state, queue, emitter, wakeup_recognizer,
                  mycroft_recognizer, remote_recognizer):
diff --git a/test/client/audio_consumer_test.py b/test/client/audio_consumer_test.py
index 8a6ba53843d4..db43531d22eb 100644
--- a/test/client/audio_consumer_test.py
+++ b/test/client/audio_consumer_test.py
@@ -190,3 +190,41 @@ def utterance_callback(message):
         self.assertIsNotNone(utterances)
         self.assertTrue(len(utterances) == 1)
         self.assertEquals("what's the weather next week", utterances[0])
+
+    def test_stop(self):
+        self.queue.put(self.__create_sample_from_test_file('mycroft'))
+        self.consumer.read_audio()
+
+        self.queue.put(self.__create_sample_from_test_file('stop'))
+        self.recognizer.set_transcriptions(["stop"])
+        monitor = {}
+
+        def utterance_callback(message):
+            monitor['utterances'] = message.get('utterances')
+
+        self.loop.once('recognizer_loop:utterance', utterance_callback)
+        self.consumer.read_audio()
+
+        utterances = monitor.get('utterances')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(utterances)
+        self.assertTrue(len(utterances) == 1)
+        self.assertEquals("stop", utterances[0])
+
+    def test_record(self):
+        self.queue.put(self.__create_sample_from_test_file('mycroft'))
+        self.consumer.read_audio()
+
+        self.queue.put(self.__create_sample_from_test_file('record'))
+        self.recognizer.set_transcriptions(["record"])
+        monitor = {}
+
+        def utterance_callback(message):
+            monitor['utterances'] = message.get('utterances')
+
+        self.loop.once('recognizer_loop:utterance', utterance_callback)
+        self.consumer.read_audio()
+
+        utterances = monitor.get('utterances')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(utterances)
+        self.assertTrue(len(utterances) == 1)
+        self.assertEquals("record", utterances[0])
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diff --git a/test/client/data/stop.wav b/test/client/data/stop.wav
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