diff --git a/TTS/tts/datasets/formatters.py b/TTS/tts/datasets/formatters.py
index 10b38d1d..4ffa3c2f 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/datasets/formatters.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/datasets/formatters.py
@@ -376,9 +376,10 @@ def synpaflex(root_path, meta_files=None, wavs_path=None, ignored_speakers=None)
             txt_file = wav_file.replace("wav", "txt")
         else:
             txt_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(wav_file), "txt", os.path.basename(wav_file).replace(".wav", ".txt"))
-        with open(txt_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file_text:
-            text = file_text.readlines()[0]
-        items.append({"text": text, "audio_file": wav_file, "speaker_name": speaker_name})
+        if os.path.exists(txt_file) and os.path.exists(wav_file):
+            with open(txt_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file_text:
+                text = file_text.readlines()[0]
+            items.append({"text": text, "audio_file": wav_file, "speaker_name": speaker_name})
     return items
 
 def open_bible(root_path, meta_files="train", ignore_digits_sentences=True, ignored_speakers=None):