diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index afd2fb91..6b73c251 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ changelog = "debian/changelog"
 if os.path.exists(changelog):
     head=open(changelog).readline()
     match = re.compile(".*\((.*)\).*").match(head)
-    if match:
-        version = match.group(1)
+    version = match.group(1)
+    version = re.sub("([a-zA-Z])", r"+\1", version, count=1)
 
 setup(
     name = 'ubuntukylin-wallpapers',