diff --git a/plugins/scrollmsg.sma b/plugins/scrollmsg.sma
index a491e0cb..f2804dbf 100755
--- a/plugins/scrollmsg.sma
+++ b/plugins/scrollmsg.sma
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public msgInit()
 	
 	new hostname[64]
 	get_cvar_string("hostname", hostname, charsmax(hostname))
-	replace(g_scrollMsg, charsmax(g_scrollMsg), "%version%", AMXX_VERSION_STR)
+	replace(g_scrollMsg, charsmax(g_scrollMsg), "%version%", fmt("%s.%s", AMXX_VERSION_MAJOR, AMXX_VERSION_MINOR))
 	replace(g_scrollMsg, charsmax(g_scrollMsg), "%hostname%", hostname)
 	
 	g_Length = strlen(g_scrollMsg)