diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 2e76e7c..4e6d75b 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 function getMMDVMHostVersion() {
 	// returns creation-time of MMDVMHost as version-number
 	$filename = MMDVMHOSTPATH . "MMDVMHost";
-	exec($filename." 2>&1", $output);
-	return substr($output[1],10,8)." (compiled ".getMMDVMHostFileVersion().")";
+	exec($filename." -v 2>&1", $output);
+	return substr($output[0],18,8)." (compiled ".getMMDVMHostFileVersion().")";
 }
 
 function getMMDVMHostFileVersion() {
@@ -400,4 +400,4 @@ function getActualReflector($logLines, $mode) {
 $mmdvmconfigs = getMMDVMConfig();
 $logLines = getLog();
 $lastHeard = getLastHeard($logLines);
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>