diff --git a/src/graph_builder.py b/src/graph_builder.py
index 46204f9686f61e6e9224e4090543521a428dc12d..cbedaf7f1d084bfe02f943ca5eea56158caddb7f 100644
--- a/src/graph_builder.py
+++ b/src/graph_builder.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def build_graph(years=[],include_utterances=False,subcat=False):
         vs = [dh.VerdictNode(v,"verdict",subcat=maybe_subcat("verdict"),dummy=False) for v in vs]
         if not vs:
             logging.warning("warning no verdict found inserting dummy")
-            vn=dh.VerdictNode({},"",subcat=maybe_subcat("dummy"),dummy=True,text=False)
+            vn=dh.VerdictNode({},"",subcat=False,dummy=True)
             nodeindex,vindex = gh.maybe_new_index(vn,node_index_dict)
             G.add_node(vindex, label="Verdict", nodeobj=vn)
             G.add_edge(trialindex,vindex,edge_class="with-verdict")