# Get\_response() not always working

**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/get-response-not-always-working/8585
**Category:** Archive - Former Random Mycroft Category
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/get-response-not-always-working/8585 "2020-04-26T22:27:10Z")
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### Author: ![pcwii](https://community.openconversational.ai/user_avatar/community.openconversational.ai/pcwii/32/900_2.png) [@pcwii](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/pcwii)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/get-response-not-always-working/8585/2 "2020-04-26T23:43:40Z")

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I have found when using the cli you need to ensure that mycroft is prepared to listen before sending the response. Under normal conversation mycroft would respond with a sound indicating it is listening but when using the cli if you don’t wait for that sound before sending the response it may get missed as the command line may respond with the get\_response question before it is ready to listen. Watch the cli window for something like this before sending the cli response

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