diff --git a/batchalign/cli/dispatch.py b/batchalign/cli/dispatch.py
index dc0c241..b68ca12 100644
--- a/batchalign/cli/dispatch.py
+++ b/batchalign/cli/dispatch.py
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ def _dispatch(command, lang, num_speakers,
                 if "@Options:\tdummy" in data:
                     shutil.copy2(inp_path, str(repathed))
                     continue
+                elif "This is a dummy file to permit playback from the TalkBank browser" in data:
+                    shutil.copy2(inp_path, str(repathed))
+                    continue
                 
             # if the file needs to get processed, append it to the list
             # to be processed and compute the output 
diff --git a/batchalign/version b/batchalign/version
index 926fe5d..637cce8 100644
--- a/batchalign/version
+++ b/batchalign/version
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-0.5.0-beta.0
-Feb 9th, 2024
---retokenize option + backwards incompatible switch to mor with dashes
\ No newline at end of file
+0.5.0-beta.1
+Feb 10th, 2024
+fix for dummy files
\ No newline at end of file