diff --git a/pdfminer/__init__.py b/pdfminer/__init__.py
index a7bc049f..46482247 100644
--- a/pdfminer/__init__.py
+++ b/pdfminer/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 __version__ = '20140328'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print (__version__)
+    try:
+        print (__version__)
+    except:
+        print(__version__)