diff --git a/letsencrypt_auto/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt_auto/letsencrypt-auto.template
index 293cc8f84..7025cbd9d 100755
--- a/letsencrypt_auto/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt_auto/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "--no-self-upgrade" ]; then
   if [ -f $VENV_BIN/letsencrypt ]; then
     INSTALLED_VERSION=$($VENV_BIN/letsencrypt --version 2>&1 | cut -d " " -f 2)
   else
-    INSTALLED_VERSION="0.0.0"
+    INSTALLED_VERSION="none"
   fi
   if [ "$LE_AUTO_VERSION" = "$INSTALLED_VERSION" ]; then
     echo "Reusing old virtual environment."