diff --git a/radio/src/storage/sdcard_yaml.cpp b/radio/src/storage/sdcard_yaml.cpp
index 5866fcbfe..a6cc1c7a3 100644
--- a/radio/src/storage/sdcard_yaml.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/storage/sdcard_yaml.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ const char * readModel(const char * filename, uint8_t * buffer, uint32_t size, u
         }
     }
     //#endif
-    
+
+    *version = 255; // max version number
     return readYamlFile(path, YamlTreeWalker::get_parser_calls(), &tree);
 }