diff --git a/common.inc.php b/common.inc.php
index 3d8013a..3ed1891 100644
--- a/common.inc.php
+++ b/common.inc.php
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ else
 
 $dbdbversion=$config['DBVERSION'];
 $dbcodeversion=@file($prependdir."db/db.code.version.txt");
+$dbcodeversion=trim($dbcodeversion[0]);
 
 if(!$dbdbversion)
 {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ if(!$dbdbversion)
 	exit;
 }
 
-if($dbcodeversion[0]!=$dbdbversion)
+if($dbcodeversion!=$dbdbversion)
 {
 	echo "<html><head><title>SFIAB ERROR</title></head><body>";
 	echo "<h1>Science Fair In A Box - ERROR</h1>";
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ if($dbcodeversion[0]!=$dbdbversion)
 	echo "<br>";
 	echo "<br>";
 	echo "<h2>Details</h2>";
-	echo "Current SFIAB codebase requires DB version: ".$dbcodeversion[0];
+	echo "Current SFIAB codebase requires DB version: ".$dbcodeversion;
 	echo "<br>";
 	echo "Current SFIAB database is detected as version: ".$dbdbversion;
 	echo "<br>";
