diff --git a/gajim/__init__.py b/gajim/__init__.py
index 9c408dd76..8137de092 100644
--- a/gajim/__init__.py
+++ b/gajim/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ try:
     node = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD', shell=True,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
     if node:
-        __version__ += '-' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
+        __version__ += '+' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
 except Exception:
     pass