diff --git a/dolfyn/_version.py b/dolfyn/_version.py
index c6e8585b..bafede40 100644
--- a/dolfyn/_version.py
+++ b/dolfyn/_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.2'
+__version__ = '0.8.3'
 __prog_name__ = 'DOLfYN'
-__version_date__ = 'Nov-12-2018'
+__version_date__ = 'Nov-13-2018'
 
 
 def ver2tuple(ver):
diff --git a/dolfyn/io/hdf5.py b/dolfyn/io/hdf5.py
index 2fc0052e..0095400d 100644
--- a/dolfyn/io/hdf5.py
+++ b/dolfyn/io/hdf5.py
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 from six import string_types
 import sys
 from .. import _version as _ver
+try:
+    # There is an organizational inconsistenty in different versions of h5py.
+    # Some have the 'highlevel' module
+    h5_group = h5.highlevel.Group
+except AttributeError:
+    h5_group = h5.Group
 
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
@@ -621,7 +627,7 @@ def iter_groups(self, groups=None, where='/', no_essential=False):
         """
 
         for grp in list(self.get_group(where).values()):
-            if grp.__class__ is h5.highlevel.Group:
+            if grp.__class__ is h5_group:
                 gnm = self.get_name(grp)
 
                 if groups is None: