diff --git a/conf/dialplan/default.xml b/conf/dialplan/default.xml
index 184fcf8a63..287a0efc39 100644
--- a/conf/dialplan/default.xml
+++ b/conf/dialplan/default.xml
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
     <!-- voicemail main extension -->
     <extension name="vmain">
       <condition field="destination_number" expression="^vmain|4000$">
+	<action application="aswer"/>
+	<action application="sleep" data="1000"/>
 	<action application="voicemail" data="check default ${domain_name}"/>  
       </condition>
     </extension>