diff --git a/hbc b/hbc
index d79ab2f..8c282f5 100755
--- a/hbc
+++ b/hbc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ daemon.get_maximum_file_descriptors = get_maximum_file_descriptors
 PORT = 50003
 INTERVAL = 10
 PIDFILE = '/tmp/hbc.pid'
-VER = 2
+VER = 3
 MAXRECV = 32767
 
 running = True