diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 9439702..8ac015e 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ if [ $LOCALVER \> 1 ] ; then
     if [ $VER != $LOCALVER ] ; then
         VER="$VER+$(($LOCALVER-$VER))"
     elif git status | grep -q "modified:" ; then
-        VER="${VER}M"
+        VER="${VER}bm"
     fi
     VER="$VER $(git rev-list HEAD -n 1 | head -c 7)"
     echo "#define X264_VERSION \" r$VER\"" >> config.h
+    VER=`echo $VER | sed -e 's/[^0-9].*//'`
 else
     echo "#define X264_VERSION \"\"" >> config.h
     VER="x"