diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e111e20c..c251e7e8 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: REDCapTidieR
 Type: Package
 Title: Extract 'REDCap' Databases into Tidy 'Tibble's
-Version: 1.2.1.9000
+Version: 1.2.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Richard", "Hanna", , "richardshanna91@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0009-0005-6496-8154")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bea99c89..26b94faa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# REDCapTidieR 1.2.1 (development version)
+# REDCapTidieR 1.2.1
 
 - For longitudinal REDCap projects, the `redcap_events` column has been updated to give REDCap event factor levels and order for the `redcap_event` and `event_name` columns
+- Fixed a bug where `read_redcap()` would fail for projects containing a stand-alone record ID instrument
 
 # REDCapTidieR 1.2.0
 
diff --git a/R/read_redcap.R b/R/read_redcap.R
index 16a1ac47..1c0baeea 100644
--- a/R/read_redcap.R
+++ b/R/read_redcap.R
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ read_redcap <- function(redcap_uri,
 #'
 #' @keywords internal
 get_fields_to_drop <- function(db_metadata, form) {
-
   # Always drop form complete field which is not in metadata but should be removed from
 
   res <- paste0(form, "_complete")