diff --git a/Qalbum-descriptor.py b/Qalbum-descriptor.py
index a541577..3fc9e45 100755
--- a/Qalbum-descriptor.py
+++ b/Qalbum-descriptor.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def traverse(path,options):
 
 def execute():
     ''' Main execution '''
-    parser=ArgumentParser(version=Qalbum.__version__)
+    parser=ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-v",action='version', version=Qalbum.__version__)
     parser.add_argument("-f",action="store_true",dest="force",default=False,
                       help="Force rewriting of descriptions")
     parser.add_argument("--format",type=str,dest="format",default="",
diff --git a/Qalbum-thumbnailer.py b/Qalbum-thumbnailer.py
index 12bb2ad..e38ab3b 100755
--- a/Qalbum-thumbnailer.py
+++ b/Qalbum-thumbnailer.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ def setupoptions():
     ''' Setup options '''
     usage='''Usage: %(prog)s [options] folder
 folder is the root folder of the image album (defaults to current folder).'''
-    parser=ArgumentParser(description=usage,version=Qalbum.__version__)
+    parser=ArgumentParser(description=usage)
+    parser.add_argument("-v",action='version', version=Qalbum.__version__)
     parser.add_argument("-f",action="store_true",dest="force",default=False,
                       help="Force regeneration of thumbnails and medium sized")
     parser.add_argument("-c",action="store_true",dest="clean",default=False,
diff --git a/Qalbum.py b/Qalbum.py
index 6082c5a..d39e5d2 100755
--- a/Qalbum.py
+++ b/Qalbum.py
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ def traverse(path,crumbs,inputs,options):
 def setupoptions():
     ''' Setup the command line options '''
     from argparse import ArgumentParser 
-    parser=ArgumentParser(version=__version__)
+    parser=ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-v",action='version', version=__version__)
     parser.add_argument("-r",action="store_true",dest="reverse",default=False,
                       help="Reverse sort orded")
     parser.add_argument("-t",action="store_true",dest="timesort",default=False,