diff --git a/programs/handle/home_assistant/bin/converse.py b/programs/handle/home_assistant/bin/converse.py
index b6452f3..ed589a5 100755
--- a/programs/handle/home_assistant/bin/converse.py
+++ b/programs/handle/home_assistant/bin/converse.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def main():
     )
     parser.add_argument("token_file", help="Path to file with authorization token")
     parser.add_argument("--language", help="Language code to use")
+    parser.add_argument("--conversation_id_timeout", type=int, default=30, help="Invalidate conversation_id and start a new conversation if this number of seconds has passed since the last interaction")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--debug", action="store_true", help="Print DEBUG messages to console"
     )
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@ def main():
     if args.language:
         data_dict["language"] = args.language
 
+    conversation_id_file = Path(_DIR.parent.as_posix()+"/share/conversation_id")
+    if conversation_id_file.is_file() and time.time() - conversation_id_file.stat().st_mtime < args.conversation_id_timeout:
+        data_dict["conversation_id"] = conversation_id_file.read_text()
+
     data = json.dumps(data_dict, ensure_ascii=False).encode("utf-8")
     request = Request(args.url, data=data, headers=headers)
 
@@ -44,6 +50,11 @@ def main():
             .get("speech", "")
         )
         print(response_text)
+        conversation_id = response.get("conversation_id")
+
+    if conversation_id:
+        conversation_id_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        conversation_id_file.write_text(conversation_id)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/rhasspy3/configuration.yaml b/rhasspy3/configuration.yaml
index 73b068b..95e04b0 100644
--- a/rhasspy3/configuration.yaml
+++ b/rhasspy3/configuration.yaml
@@ -389,12 +389,13 @@ programs:
     # 2. Put long-lived access token in etc/token
     home_assistant:
       command: |
-        bin/converse.py --language "${language}" "${url}" "${token_file}"
+        bin/converse.py --language "${language}" --conversation_id_timeout "${conversation_id_timeout}" "${url}" "${token_file}"
       adapter: |
         handle_adapter_text.py
       template_args:
         url: "http://localhost:8123/api/conversation/process"
         token_file: "${data_dir}/token"
+        conversation_id_timeout: 30
         language: ""
 
     # Intent only: answer English date/time requests