diff --git a/cwIoMidiRecordPlay.cpp b/cwIoMidiRecordPlay.cpp
index 490670c..31b4e04 100644
--- a/cwIoMidiRecordPlay.cpp
+++ b/cwIoMidiRecordPlay.cpp
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ namespace cw
       file::handle_t fH;
       // NOTE: version must be a small negative number to differentiate from file version that
       // whose first word is the count of records in the file, rather than the version number
-      int version = -1; 
+      int version = -2; 
       
       if( p->iMsgArrayInIdx == 0 )
       {