diff --git a/src/GrampsBSDDB.py b/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
index a7847d488..7a072b148 100644
--- a/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
+++ b/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class GrampsBSDDB(GrampsDbBase):
             self.undodb.open(self.undolog, db.DB_RECNO, db.DB_CREATE)
 
         if self.metadata.get('version') == None:
-            self.metadata['version'] == _DBVERSION
+            self.metadata['version'] = _DBVERSION
             
         self.metadata   = self.dbopen(name, "meta")
         self.bookmarks = self.metadata.get('bookmarks')