diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
index e948bfb2c..3e39195af 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #define LIB_VERSION "0.5.3c"
-#define SVN_REVISION "Revision "
+#define SVN_REVISION "Revision: 5501  date : 21:01:27 09.04.12"
+#define SVN_REVISION_NUMBER 0
 
 namespace RsUtil {
 
 	std::string retroshareVersion();
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
index 26a6a29b6..98c9be8a7 100755
--- a/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
+++ b/libretroshare/src/version_detail.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ fi
 if ( svn info &> /dev/null); then
 	version=$(svn info | grep '^Revision:')
 fi
+
 if [[ $version != '' ]]; then
+	version_number=`echo $version | cut -d: -f2`
 	version="$version  date : $(date +'%T %m.%d.%y')"
 	echo "Writing version to util/rsversion.h : $version "
 	sed -i "s/SVN_REVISION .*/SVN_REVISION \"$version\"/g" util/rsversion.h
+	sed -i "s/SVN_REVISION_NUMBER .*/SVN_REVISION_NUMBER $version_number/g" util/rsversion.h
 fi
 echo "script version_detail.sh finished normally"
 exit 0