diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index a02c839..6863f49 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ sub parseversion
 
   while(<PL>)
   {
-    if( /VERSION = ([0-9\.]+)/ )
+    if( /VERSION = '([0-9\.]+)'/ )
     {
-      if ( $1 != $version )
+      if ( $1 ne $version )
       {
         die "Version mismatch. Changes says version is '$version', but 'bin/feedgnuplot' says it is '$1'";
       }
diff --git a/bin/feedgnuplot b/bin/feedgnuplot
index 7eda297..3cb66cb 100755
--- a/bin/feedgnuplot
+++ b/bin/feedgnuplot
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ use Text::ParseWords; # for shellwords
 use Pod::Usage;
 use Time::Piece;
 
-my $VERSION = 1.44;
+# Makefile.PL assumes this is in ''
+my $VERSION = '1.44';
 
 my %options;
 interpretCommandline();