diff --git a/boxmox/data.py b/boxmox/data.py
index 256e225d00d9468ba01d9ab4da6c8a8cba7c94fb..9982edea559572556588a6f9687761944351c13f 100644
--- a/boxmox/data.py
+++ b/boxmox/data.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def _mygenfromtxt(f):
         dat.append( tuple(map(float, row)) )
     return np.array(dat, dtype=[(_, float) for _ in hdr])
 
-def InputFile(fpath=None, version=1.0):
+def InputFile(fpath=None, version=1.7):
     if not fpath is None:
         # file format discovery: 3 lines with numbers ==> 1.7
         with open(fpath, 'rb') as f: