diff --git a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
index 66849eba..1b2e0c01 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,5 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Common
         public static RelativePath ModOrganizer2Exe = (RelativePath)"ModOrganizer.exe";
         public static RelativePath ModOrganizer2Ini = (RelativePath)"ModOrganizer.ini";
         public static string AuthorAPIKeyFile = "author-api-key.txt";
-
-        public static Regex VersionRegex = new Regex(@"^(\d{1,3}\.?){1,3}[^\.]$");
     }
 }
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
index a45eb9a4..b3c7118d 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
     public abstract class ACompiler : ABatchProcessor
     {
         public string? ModListName, ModListAuthor, ModListDescription, ModListWebsite, ModlistReadme;
+        public Version? ModlistVersion;
         public AbsolutePath ModListImage;
         protected Version? WabbajackVersion;
 
diff --git a/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/MO2CompilerVM.cs b/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/MO2CompilerVM.cs
index 1020646e..69bb833f 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/MO2CompilerVM.cs	
+++ b/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/MO2CompilerVM.cs	
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack
                     ModListWebsite = ModlistSettings.Website,
                     ModlistReadme = ModlistSettings.Readme,
                     MO2DownloadsFolder = DownloadLocation.TargetPath,
+                    ModlistVersion = ModlistSettings.Version
                 })
                 {
                     Parent.MWVM.Settings.Performance.AttachToBatchProcessor(ActiveCompilation);
diff --git a/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/ModlistSettingsEditorVM.cs b/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/ModlistSettingsEditorVM.cs
index 1aae9160..623bed28 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/ModlistSettingsEditorVM.cs	
+++ b/Wabbajack/View Models/Compilers/ModlistSettingsEditorVM.cs	
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace Wabbajack
         [Reactive]
         public string VersionText { get; set; }
 
+        private ObservableAsPropertyHelper<Version> _version;
+        public Version Version => _version.Value;
+
         [Reactive]
         public string AuthorText { get; set; }
 
@@ -46,18 +49,21 @@ namespace Wabbajack
             };
             ImagePath.Filters.Add(new CommonFileDialogFilter("Banner image", "*.png"));
 
+            _version = this.WhenAny(x => x.VersionText)
+                .Select(x =>
+                {
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x))
+                        return new Version(0, 0);
+
+                    return !Version.TryParse(x, out var version) ? new Version(0, 0) : version;
+                }).ObserveOnGuiThread()
+                .ToProperty(this, x => x.Version);
+
             InError = this.WhenAny(x => x.ImagePath.ErrorState)
                 .Select(err => err.Failed)
                 .CombineLatest(
                     this.WhenAny(x => x.VersionText)
-                    .Select(x =>
-                    {
-                        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x))
-                            return false;
-
-                        var match = Consts.VersionRegex.Match(x);
-                        return match.Success;
-                    }), 
+                    .Select(x => Version.TryParse(x, out _)), 
                     (image, version) => !image && !version)
                 .Publish()
                 .RefCount();