diff --git a/script.module.slyguy/addon.xml b/script.module.slyguy/addon.xml
index 1d77acf5..721c9479 100644
--- a/script.module.slyguy/addon.xml
+++ b/script.module.slyguy/addon.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<addon id="script.module.slyguy" name="SlyGuy Common" provider-name="SlyGuy" version="0.38.0">
+<addon id="script.module.slyguy" name="SlyGuy Common" provider-name="SlyGuy" version="0.38.1">
   <requires>
     <import addon="repository.slyguy"/>
   </requires>
diff --git a/script.module.slyguy/resources/modules/pycaption/webvtt.py b/script.module.slyguy/resources/modules/pycaption/webvtt.py
index cd22e34a..a2e2a6b8 100644
--- a/script.module.slyguy/resources/modules/pycaption/webvtt.py
+++ b/script.module.slyguy/resources/modules/pycaption/webvtt.py
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ def write(self, caption_set):
         self.global_layout = caption_set.get_layout_info(lang)
 
         captions = caption_set.get_captions(lang)
+
+        # remove None captions
+        captions = [x for x in captions if x]
+
         for i, caption in enumerate(captions):
             merge = i > 0 and captions[i-1].start == caption.start and captions[i-1].end == caption.end
             if not merge: