diff --git a/smdebug/_version.py b/smdebug/_version.py
index e13bd590c..f99119612 100644
--- a/smdebug/_version.py
+++ b/smdebug/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.8"
+__version__ = "1.0.8b"
diff --git a/smdebug/core/state_store.py b/smdebug/core/state_store.py
index 7757eb287..e24c4c9b5 100644
--- a/smdebug/core/state_store.py
+++ b/smdebug/core/state_store.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def _get_checkpoint_files_in_dir(self, cp_dir):
                     file != METADATA_FILENAME
                     and file != METADATA_FILENAME_S3_UPLOADED
                     and "sagemaker-uploaded" not in file
+                    and "sagemaker-uploading" not in file
                 ):
                     checkpoint_files.append(os.path.join(child, file))
         return sorted(checkpoint_files)