diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a60b88..7cd440b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def version_to_int(version):
     # Split the groups on ".", take only the first one, and print each group with leading 0 if needed
     # To be safe, also handle cases where an extra group is added to the version string, or if one or two groups
     # are dropped.
-    version_str = "{:02}{:02}{:02}".format(*map(int, (version.split('.') + [0]*2)[:3]))
+    version_groups = (version.split('.') + [0, 0])[:3]
+    version_str = "{:02}{:02}{:02}".format(*map(int, version_groups))
     return int(version_str, 16)
 
 
diff --git a/tesserocr.pyx b/tesserocr.pyx
index f303774..d87eb76 100644
--- a/tesserocr.pyx
+++ b/tesserocr.pyx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tesseract 3.04.00
  ['eng', 'osd', 'equ'])
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.2.2'
+__version__ = '2.3.0'
 
 import os
 from io import BytesIO