diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/CorporaUtils.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/CorporaUtils.cs
index a8a48473..928b3e2b 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/CorporaUtils.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/CorporaUtils.cs
@@ -84,8 +84,15 @@ public static string MergeVerseRanges(string verse1, string verse2)
             }
             else
             {
-                foreach (string filePattern in filePatternArray)
+                for (int i = 0; i < filePatternArray.Length; i++)
                 {
+                    string filePattern = filePatternArray[i];
+                    if (File.Exists(filePattern))
+                    {
+                        yield return (i.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), filePattern);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if (
                         !filePattern.Contains("*")
                         && !filePattern.Contains("?")
@@ -126,14 +133,14 @@ public static string MergeVerseRanges(string verse1, string verse2)
                         if (match.Success)
                         {
                             var sb = new StringBuilder();
-                            for (int i = 1; i < match.Groups.Count; i++)
+                            for (int j = 1; j < match.Groups.Count; j++)
                             {
-                                if (!match.Groups[i].Success)
+                                if (!match.Groups[j].Success)
                                     continue;
 
                                 if (sb.Length > 0)
                                     sb.Append("-");
-                                sb.Append(match.Groups[i].Value);
+                                sb.Append(match.Groups[j].Value);
                             }
                             if (sb.Length > 0)
                                 id = sb.ToString();
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/TextFileTextCorpusTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/TextFileTextCorpusTests.cs
index 8ab19051..a019ee95 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/TextFileTextCorpusTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/TextFileTextCorpusTests.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ public void Folder()
         Assert.That(corpus.Texts.Select(t => t.Id), Is.EquivalentTo(new[] { "Test1", "Test2", "Test3" }));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void MultipleFiles()
+    {
+        var corpus = new TextFileTextCorpus(
+            Path.Combine(CorporaTestHelpers.TextTestProjectPath, "Test1.txt"),
+            Path.Combine(CorporaTestHelpers.TextTestProjectPath, "Test2.txt"),
+            Path.Combine(CorporaTestHelpers.TextTestProjectPath, "Test3.txt")
+        );
+
+        Assert.That(corpus.Texts.Select(t => t.Id), Is.EquivalentTo(new[] { "0", "1", "2" }));
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void SingleFile()
     {