diff --git a/include/GooseFEM/version.hpp b/include/GooseFEM/version.hpp
index f130ac5..42b50f8 100644
--- a/include/GooseFEM/version.hpp
+++ b/include/GooseFEM/version.hpp
@@ -1,44 +1,48 @@
 /**
 \file version.hpp
 \copyright Copyright 2017. Tom de Geus. All rights reserved.
 \license This project is released under the GNU Public License (GPLv3).
 */
 
 #ifndef GOOSEFEM_VERSION_HPP
 #define GOOSEFEM_VERSION_HPP
 
 #include "version.h"
 
 namespace GooseFEM {
 
 inline std::string version()
 {
-    return std::string(GOOSEFEM_VERSION);
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << GOOSEFEM_VERSION;
+    std::string ret;
+    ss >> ret;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 inline std::vector<std::string> version_dependencies()
 {
     std::vector<std::string> ret;
 
     ret.push_back("goosefem=" + version());
 
     ret.push_back("xtensor=" +
         std::to_string(XTENSOR_VERSION_MAJOR) + "." +
         std::to_string(XTENSOR_VERSION_MINOR) + "." +
         std::to_string(XTENSOR_VERSION_PATCH));
 
     #if defined(GOOSEFEM_EIGEN) || defined(EIGEN_WORLD_VERSION)
 
         ret.push_back("eigen=" +
             std::to_string(EIGEN_WORLD_VERSION) + "." +
             std::to_string(EIGEN_MAJOR_VERSION) + "." +
             std::to_string(EIGEN_MINOR_VERSION));
 
     #endif
 
     return ret;
 }
 
 } // namespace GooseFEM
 
 #endif