diff --git a/neon_audio/tts/neon.py b/neon_audio/tts/neon.py
index 3589c98..97951da 100644
--- a/neon_audio/tts/neon.py
+++ b/neon_audio/tts/neon.py
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ def _init_playback(self, playback_thread: NeonPlaybackThread = None):
         init_signal_bus(self.bus)
         TTS.playback = playback_thread or NeonPlaybackThread(TTS.queue)
         TTS.playback.set_bus(self.bus)
-        TTS.playback.attach_tts(self)
+        if hasattr(TTS.playback, "attach_tts"):
+            TTS.playback.attach_tts(self)
         if not TTS.playback.enclosure:
             TTS.playback.enclosure = EnclosureAPI(self.bus)
         if not TTS.playback.is_alive():
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 52a3476..966fb5f 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ovos-audio~=0.0.2a38
+ovos-audio~=0.0.2a42
 ovos-utils>=0.0.35,<0.2.0
 ovos-config~=0.0.10
 phoneme-guesser~=0.1