diff --git a/packages/basic.gblib/services/DialogKeywords.ts b/packages/basic.gblib/services/DialogKeywords.ts
index 77e650d6..0f499f69 100644
--- a/packages/basic.gblib/services/DialogKeywords.ts
+++ b/packages/basic.gblib/services/DialogKeywords.ts
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ export class DialogKeywords {
    */
   public internalSys: SystemKeywords;
 
+  private user;
+
   /**
    * When creating this keyword facade, a bot instance is
    * specified among the deployer service.
    */
-  constructor(min: GBMinInstance, deployer: GBDeployer, step: GBDialogStep) {
+  constructor(min: GBMinInstance, deployer: GBDeployer, step: GBDialogStep, user) {
     this.min = min;
-    this.internalSys = new SystemKeywords(min, deployer, step);
+    this.internalSys = new SystemKeywords(min, deployer, user);
+    this.user = user;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts b/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
index 56054a81..d3eae916 100644
--- a/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
+++ b/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
@@ -698,7 +698,9 @@ export class GBVMService extends GBService {
               // }
 
               const opts = await promise(step, result);
-              return await step.replaceDialog('/hear', opts);
+              if (Object.keys(min.cbMap).length) {
+                return await step.replaceDialog('/hear', opts);
+              }
             } catch (error) {
               GBLog.error(`Error in BASIC code: ${error}`);
               const locale = step.context.activity.locale;
@@ -718,13 +720,14 @@ export class GBVMService extends GBService {
 
     // Creates a class DialogKeywords which is the *this* pointer
     // in BASIC.
-
-    const sandbox: DialogKeywords = new DialogKeywords(min, deployer, step);
+    const user = await min.userProfile.get(step.context, {});
+    const sandbox: DialogKeywords = new DialogKeywords(min, deployer, step, user);
 
     // Injects the .gbdialog generated code into the VM.
 
     const context = vm.createContext(sandbox);
     const code = min.sandBoxMap[text];
+
     try {
       vm.runInContext(code, context);
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts b/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
index d3070955..9dd136c6 100644
--- a/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
+++ b/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
@@ -60,17 +60,14 @@ export class SystemKeywords {
    */
   private readonly deployer: GBDeployer;
 
-  /**
-   * Reference to the deployer service.
-   */
-  private readonly step: GBDialogStep;
+  private user;
 
   /**
    * When creating this keyword facade, a bot instance is
    * specified among the deployer service.
    */
-  constructor(min: GBMinInstance, deployer: GBDeployer, step: GBDialogStep) {
-    this.step = step;
+  constructor(min: GBMinInstance, deployer: GBDeployer, user) {
+    this.user = user;
     this.min = min;
     this.deployer = deployer;
   }
@@ -291,11 +288,11 @@ export class SystemKeywords {
       throw `File '${file}' has a FIND call with more than 1 arguments. Check the .gbdialog associated.`;
     }
 
-    const user = await this.min.userProfile.get(this.step.context, {});
+    
     let maxLines = 100;
-    if (user.basicOptions && user.basicOptions.maxLines) {
-      if (user.basicOptions.maxLines.toString().toLowerCase() !== "default") {
-        maxLines = Number.parseInt(user.basicOptions.maxLines).valueOf();
+    if (this.user.basicOptions && this.user.basicOptions.maxLines) {
+      if (this.user.basicOptions.maxLines.toString().toLowerCase() !== "default") {
+        maxLines = Number.parseInt(this.user.basicOptions.maxLines).valueOf();
       }
     }