diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index d05f5f9..76edf8a 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ bool MainConfig::check_config_file(const boost::property_tree::ptree &default_cf
 }
 
 void MainConfig::update_config_file() {
-  std::stringstream ss;
-  ss << configjson;
   boost::property_tree::ptree default_cfg;
-  boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, default_cfg);
   bool cfg_ok=true;
   try {
-    if(default_cfg.get<std::string>("version")!=cfg.get<std::string>("version")) {
+    if(cfg.get<std::string>("version")!=JUCI_VERSION) {
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss << configjson;
+      boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, default_cfg);
       cfg_ok=false;
       if(cfg.count("version")>0)
         cfg.find("version")->second.data()=default_cfg.get<std::string>("version");
diff --git a/src/files.h b/src/files.h
index 9769545..db0431d 100644
--- a/src/files.h
+++ b/src/files.h
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #include <string>
+
+#define JUCI_VERSION "0.9.2"
+
 const std::string configjson =
 "{\n"
-"    \"version\": \"0.9.2\",\n"
+"    \"version\": \""+std::string(JUCI_VERSION)+"\",\n"
 "    \"gtk_theme\": {\n"
 "        \"name\": \"Adwaita\", //Use \"\" for default theme, At least these two exist on all systems: Adwaita, Raleigh\n"
 "        \"variant\": \"\" //Use \"\" for default variant, and \"dark\" for dark theme variant\n"