diff --git a/hbc b/hbc
index f2c331f..1cb602a 100755
--- a/hbc
+++ b/hbc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PORT = 50003
 INTERVAL = 10
 REOPENC = 6
 PIDFILE = '/tmp/hbc.pid'
-VER = 4
+VER = 5
 MAXRECV = 32767
 
 running = True