diff --git a/sqldev/pom.xml b/sqldev/pom.xml
index ad4c3b18..ac802062 100644
--- a/sqldev/pom.xml
+++ b/sqldev/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<!-- The Basics -->
 	<groupId>org.utplsql</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.utplsql.sqldev</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0</version>
+	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>bundle</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/sqldev/src/main/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/dal/UtplsqlDao.xtend b/sqldev/src/main/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/dal/UtplsqlDao.xtend
index d0768738..71f7b8c6 100644
--- a/sqldev/src/main/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/dal/UtplsqlDao.xtend
+++ b/sqldev/src/main/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/dal/UtplsqlDao.xtend
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.utplsql.sqldev.model.ut.OutputLines
 
 class UtplsqlDao {
 	public static val UTPLSQL_PACKAGE_NAME = "UT"
+	public static val NOT_INSTALLED = 0000000
 	public static val FIRST_VERSION_WITH_INTERNAL_ANNOTATION_API = 3000004
 	public static val FIRST_VERSION_WITH_ANNOTATION_API = 3001003
 	public static val FIRST_VERSION_WITHOUT_INTERNAL_API = 3001008
@@ -60,14 +61,15 @@ class UtplsqlDao {
 	 * returns a normalized utPLSQL version in format 9.9.9
 	 */
 	def String normalizedUtPlsqlVersion() {
-		val p = Pattern.compile("(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)")
 		val version = getUtPlsqlVersion()
-		val m = p.matcher(version)
-		if (m.find) {
-			return m.group(0)
-		} else {
-			return "0.0.0"
+		if (version !== null) {
+			val p = Pattern.compile("(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)")
+			val m = p.matcher(version)
+			if (m.find) {
+				return m.group(0)
+			}
 		}
+		return "0.0.0"
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -97,14 +99,20 @@ class UtplsqlDao {
 					? := ut.version;
 				END;
 			'''
-			cachedUtPlsqlVersion = jdbcTemplate.execute(sql, new CallableStatementCallback<String>() {
-				override String doInCallableStatement(CallableStatement cs) throws SQLException, DataAccessException {
-					cs.registerOutParameter(1, Types.VARCHAR);
-					cs.execute
-					val version = cs.getString(1)
-					return version
-				}
-			})
+			try {
+				cachedUtPlsqlVersion = jdbcTemplate.execute(sql, new CallableStatementCallback<String>() {
+					override String doInCallableStatement(CallableStatement cs) throws SQLException, DataAccessException {
+						cs.registerOutParameter(1, Types.VARCHAR);
+						cs.execute
+						val version = cs.getString(1)
+						return version
+					}
+				})
+			} catch (SQLException e) {
+				// ignore error
+			} catch (DataAccessException e) {
+				// ignore error
+			}
 		}
 		return cachedUtPlsqlVersion
 	}
diff --git a/sqldev/src/test/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/test/dal/DalTest.xtend b/sqldev/src/test/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/test/dal/DalTest.xtend
index 25573974..59b83072 100644
--- a/sqldev/src/test/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/test/dal/DalTest.xtend
+++ b/sqldev/src/test/java/org/utplsql/sqldev/test/dal/DalTest.xtend
@@ -588,5 +588,12 @@ class DalTest extends AbstractJdbcTest {
 		Assert.assertEquals("PACKAGE", actual)
 		jdbcTemplate.execute("DROP PACKAGE junit_utplsql_test_pkg")
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	def void normalizedUtPlsqlVersion() {
+		val dao = new UtplsqlDao(dataSource.connection)
+		val version = dao.normalizedUtPlsqlVersion
+		Assert.assertTrue(version !== null)
+	}
 
 }
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