diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 968332e..502e085 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.2.1a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/tree/0.2.1a1) (2024-09-15)
+## [0.2.3a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/tree/0.2.3a1) (2024-10-19)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/compare/0.2.0a1...0.2.1a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/compare/0.2.2...0.2.3a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix:prefer\_alsa [\#144](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/pull/144) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
-
-## [0.2.0a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/tree/0.2.0a1) (2024-09-11)
-
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/compare/0.1.3...0.2.0a1)
-
-**Merged pull requests:**
-
-- feat:fallback plugins [\#138](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/pull/138) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix:save utterances [\#148](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-dinkum-listener/pull/148) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_dinkum_listener/service.py b/ovos_dinkum_listener/service.py
index ae5d05a..3359b25 100644
--- a/ovos_dinkum_listener/service.py
+++ b/ovos_dinkum_listener/service.py
@@ -692,16 +692,14 @@ def _save_stt(self, audio_bytes, stt_meta, save_path=None):
         @formatter.register('md5')
         def transcription_md5():
             # Build a hash of the transcription
+            
             try:
-                # handles legacy API
-                text = stt_meta.get('transcription')
-            except KeyError:
-                # handles new API
                 # transcriptions should be : List[Tuple[str, int]]
-                try:
-                    text = stt_meta.get('transcriptions')[0][0]
-                except IndexError:
-                    return 'null'
+                text = stt_meta.get('transcriptions')[0][0]
+            except IndexError:
+                # handles legacy API
+                return stt_meta.get('transcription') or 'null'
+                    
             return hash_sentence(text)
 
         filename = formatter.format(utterance_filename)
diff --git a/ovos_dinkum_listener/version.py b/ovos_dinkum_listener/version.py
index 7c5bb01..f245d8d 100644
--- a/ovos_dinkum_listener/version.py
+++ b/ovos_dinkum_listener/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 2
-VERSION_BUILD = 2
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 3
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index a02fc8b..f34fe8d 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ovos-plugin-manager>=0.3.1,<1.0.0
 ovos-utils>=0.0.38,<1.0.0
-ovos-config>=0.2.1,<1.0.0
+ovos-config>=0.4.3,<1.0.0
 ovos_bus_client>=0.0.10,<1.0.0
 SpeechRecognition~=3.9