diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/voicemail_ivr.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/voicemail_ivr.conf.xml
index b25b4e485d..529509a495 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/voicemail_ivr.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/voicemail_ivr.conf.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<profile name="default">
 		<settings>
 			<param name="IVR-Maximum-Attempts" value="3" />
-			<param name="IVR-Entry-Timeout" value="3" />
+			<param name="IVR-Entry-Timeout" value="3000" />
 			<param name="Record-Format" value="wav" />
 			<!--<param name="Record-Sample-Rate" value="8000" />-->
 			<param name="Record-Silence-Hits" value="4" />
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail_ivr/config.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail_ivr/config.c
index d666ebe07f..a664d85462 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail_ivr/config.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail_ivr/config.c
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void menu_init(vmivr_profile_t *profile, vmivr_menu_t *menu) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (!menu->phrase_params) {
+		switch_event_create(&menu->phrase_params, SWITCH_EVENT_REQUEST_PARAMS);
+	}
+
 end:
 	if (xml)
 		switch_xml_free(xml);