diff --git a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/.asr_datamodule.py.swp b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/.asr_datamodule.py.swp
index 15c1f9f47..28f86bc48 100644
Binary files a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/.asr_datamodule.py.swp and b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/.asr_datamodule.py.swp differ
diff --git a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/asr_datamodule.py b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/asr_datamodule.py
index c9a3353c0..d1da0f71e 100644
--- a/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/asr_datamodule.py
+++ b/egs/librispeech/ASR/pruned_transducer_stateless_d2v_v2/asr_datamodule.py
@@ -430,9 +430,18 @@ class LibriSpeechAsrDataModule:
     @lru_cache()
     def train_other_500_cuts(self, option=None) -> CutSet:
         logging.info("About to get train-other-500 cuts")
-        return load_manifest_lazy(
-            self.args.manifest_dir / "librispeech_cuts_train-other-500_new.jsonl"
-        )
+        if option is None:
+            return load_manifest_lazy(
+                self.args.manifest_dir / "librispeech_cuts_train-other-500_new.jsonl"
+            )
+        elif option == 'male':
+            return load_manifest_lazy(
+                self.args.manifest_dir / "librispeech_cuts_train-other-500_male.jsonl"
+            )
+        elif option == 'female':
+            return load_manifest_lazy(
+                self.args.manifest_dir / "librispeech_cuts_train-other-500_female.jsonl"
+            )
 
     @lru_cache()
     def train_all_shuf_cuts(self) -> CutSet: