diff --git a/scraping/parse.R b/scraping/parse.R
index 7415431..b27f5ad 100644
--- a/scraping/parse.R
+++ b/scraping/parse.R
@@ -2,13 +2,38 @@ source("config.R")
 source("../utils/helpers.R")
 library("xml2")
 library(tibble)
+library(dplyr)
 library(magrittr)
 
 # for usage see the example at the end
 
+read_all <- function() {
+    available_protocols <- list.files(DOWNLOAD_DIR)
+    res <- lapply(available_protocols, read_one)
+
+    sapply(res, `[[`, "redner") %>%
+        bind_rows() %>%
+        distinct() ->
+        redner
+    
+    sapply(res, `[[`, "reden") %>%
+        bind_rows() %>%
+        distinct() ->
+        reden
+
+    sapply(res, `[[`, "talks") %>%
+        bind_rows() %>%
+        distinct() ->
+        talks
+    list(redner = redner, reden = reden, talks = talks)
+}
+
 # this reads all currently parseable data from one xml
 read_one <- function(name) {
-    x <- read_xml(paste0(DOWNLOAD_DIR, name))
+    print(paste("reading", name))
+    x <- tryCatch(read_xml(paste0(DOWNLOAD_DIR, name)),
+                  error = function(c) NULL)
+    if (is.null(x)) return(NULL)
     cs <- xml_children(x)
 
     verlauf <- xml_find_first(x, "sitzungsverlauf")
@@ -60,7 +85,8 @@ parse_rede <- function(rede_xml) {
     reden <- list()
     for (node in cs) {
         if (xml_name(node) == "p") {
-            if (xml_attr(node, "klasse") == "redner") {
+            klasse <- xml_attr(node, "klasse")
+            if (!is.na(klasse) && klasse == "redner") {
                 if (!is.na(cur_redner)) {
                     rede <- c(rede_id = rede_id,
                               redner = cur_redner,
@@ -111,7 +137,7 @@ parse_rednerliste <- function(rednerliste_xml) {
 # EXAMPLE USE
 
 # make sure data ist downloaded via fetch.R
-res <- read_one("19038-data.xml")
+res <- read_one("19126-data.xml")
 
 res$redner
 res$reden