diff --git a/src/Player.php b/src/Player.php
index 9656e8a..dd896c7 100644
--- a/src/Player.php
+++ b/src/Player.php
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ class Player
         foreach ($this->Pairings as $key => $pairing) {
             if ($key < $round || $round == -1) {
                 if ($pairing->Result == Result::WON_BYE) {
-                    $points += (isset($this->CustomPoints[ 'bye' ])) ? $custompoints[ 'bye' ] : 1;
+                    $points += (isset($custompoints[ 'bye' ])) ? $custompoints[ 'bye' ] : 1;
+                } else if  ($pairing->Result == Result::ABSENT !== false)  {
+                    $points += (isset($custompoints[ 'absent' ])) ? $custompoints[ 'absent' ] : 0;
                 } elseif (array_search($pairing->Result, Constants::WON) !== false) {
                     $points += (isset($custompoints[ 'win' ])) ? $custompoints[ 'win' ] : 1;
                 } elseif (array_search($pairing->Result, Constants::DRAW) !== false) {
diff --git a/src/Readers/Swar5.php b/src/Readers/Swar5.php
index 031db4b..8828305 100644
--- a/src/Readers/Swar5.php
+++ b/src/Readers/Swar5.php
@@ -199,13 +199,17 @@ class Swar5 implements ReaderInterface
      *
      * @throws IncompatibleReaderException
      */
-    public function read(string $filename): void
+    public function read(string $filename, string $compatversion = ''): void
     {
         $swshandle = fopen($filename, 'rb');
 
         $this->Release = $this->readData('String', $swshandle);
+
+        if($compatversion != '') {
+            $this->Release == $compatversion;
+        }
         if (array_search(substr($this->Release, 0, 3), self::COMPATIBLE_VERSIONS) === false) {
-            throw new IncompatibleReaderException("This file was not created with Swar 4");
+            throw new IncompatibleReaderException("This file was not created with Swar 5");
         }
 
         $this->Tournament = new Tournament();
@@ -437,6 +441,7 @@ class Swar5 implements ReaderInterface
         $pt = 0;
         for ($i = 0; $i < $this->Tournament->NumberOfPlayers; $i++) {
             $player = new Player();
+
             $player->Classement = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
             $player->Name = $this->readData('String', $swshandle);
             $inscriptionNos[ $this->readData('Int', $swshandle) ] = $i;
@@ -511,7 +516,8 @@ class Swar5 implements ReaderInterface
             $player->Tiebreak = $tiebreaks;
             $player->Performance = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle); // To Calculate by libpairtwo
             $player->Absent = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
-            $player->AbsentRounds = $this->readData('String', $swshandle);
+            $player->AbsentRounds = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
+            if(version_compare($this->Release, '5.53', '>=')) $player->Paid = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
             $player->ExtraPoints = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
             $player->SpecialPoints = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
             $player->AllocatedRounds = $this->readData('Int', $swshandle);
@@ -531,6 +537,7 @@ class Swar5 implements ReaderInterface
 
                     $pt++;
                 }
+
                 $this->Tournament->Pairing = $pairing;
             }