diff -Nru gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/changelog gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/changelog
--- gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/changelog	2016-12-30 16:07:13.000000000 +0000
+++ gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/changelog	2017-02-22 11:59:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gtranscribe (0.7.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix loading of audio files (closes: #855843).
+
+ -- Philip Rinn <rinni@inventati.org>  Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:59:44 +0100
+
 gtranscribe (0.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/01-fix-loading.patch gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/01-fix-loading.patch
--- gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/01-fix-loading.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/01-fix-loading.patch	2017-02-22 11:59:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Author: Philip Rinn <rinni@inventati.org>
+Description: Fix loading of audio files
+Last-update: 2017-02-22
+--- a/bin/gtranscribe
++++ b/bin/gtranscribe
+@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
+     parser.add_argument("file", nargs='?', help=_("Audio file to load"))
+     args = parser.parse_args()
+ 
++    logger = logging.getLogger('root')
+     # Set the logging level to show debug messages
+     if args.verbose:
+         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+-        logger = logging.getLogger('root')
+         logger.debug('logging enabled')
+ 
+     audiofile = None
+
diff -Nru gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/series gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/series
--- gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ gtranscribe-0.7.1/debian/patches/series	2017-02-22 11:57:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01-fix-loading.patch