diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c048c4a2..1d3a0539 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ fi
 dnl **
 dnl ** IRSSI_VERSION_DATE and IRSSI_VERSION_TIME
 dnl **
-VERSION_DATE=`head -1 $srcdir/ChangeLog|sed 's/^\(....\)-\(..\)-\(..\).*/\1\2\3/'`
-VERSION_TIME=`head -1 $srcdir/ChangeLog|sed -e 's/^[[^ ]]* \(..\):\(..\).*/\1\2/' -e 's/^0*//'`
+VERSION_DATE=`head -n 1 $srcdir/ChangeLog|sed 's/^\(....\)-\(..\)-\(..\).*/\1\2\3/'`
+VERSION_TIME=`head -n 1 $srcdir/ChangeLog|sed -e 's/^[[^ ]]* \(..\):\(..\).*/\1\2/' -e 's/^0*//'`
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_DATE)
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_TIME)