diff --git a/owrx/version.py b/owrx/version.py
index 03ac1e5..60a4954 100644
--- a/owrx/version.py
+++ b/owrx/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
-_versionstring = "0.20.0"
-strictversion = StrictVersion(_versionstring)
-openwebrx_version = "v{0}".format(strictversion)
+_versionstring = "0.20.0-dev"
+looseversion = LooseVersion(_versionstring)
+openwebrx_version = "v{0}".format(looseversion)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c29fdda..e8d7524 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from glob import glob
 from setuptools import setup
-from owrx.version import strictversion
+from owrx.version import looseversion
 
 try:
     from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 setup(
     name="OpenWebRX",
-    version=str(strictversion),
+    version=str(looseversion),
     packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["owrx", "owrx.source", "owrx.service", "owrx.controllers", "owrx.property", "owrx.form", "csdr", "htdocs"]),
     package_data={"htdocs": [f[len("htdocs/") :] for f in glob("htdocs/**/*", recursive=True)]},
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["openwebrx=owrx.__main__:main"]},