diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/me/wiefferink/areashop/lib/Updater.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/me/wiefferink/areashop/lib/Updater.java
index 7f40c04b..727e6233 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/me/wiefferink/areashop/lib/Updater.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/me/wiefferink/areashop/lib/Updater.java
@@ -556,8 +556,11 @@ private boolean pluginExists(String name) {
     private boolean versionCheck() {
         final String title = this.versionName;
         if (this.type != UpdateType.NO_VERSION_CHECK) {
-            final String localVersion = this.plugin.getDescription().getVersion();
-            if (title.split(DELIMETER).length == 2) {
+			String localVersion = this.plugin.getDescription().getVersion();
+			if(localVersion.contains("#")) { // Strip build number
+				localVersion = localVersion.substring(0, localVersion.indexOf("#"));
+			}
+			if (title.split(DELIMETER).length == 2) {
                 // Get the newest file's version number
                 final String remoteVersion = title.split(DELIMETER)[1].split(" ")[0];
 
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/AreaShop/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index c33a0102..3d7931ee 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: AreaShop
 main: me.wiefferink.areashop.AreaShop
-version: ${project.version}
+version: "${project.version}${build.number}"
 description: "Selling and renting WorldGuard regions to your players, highly configurable."
 depend: [Vault, WorldGuard, WorldEdit]
 softdepend: [Multiverse-Core]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 495562e4..903376db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <build.number>#CUSTOM</build.number>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>