diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index b188804..baee457 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -1954,7 +1954,8 @@ if [ "${OS_KERNEL}" == "Darwin" ]; then
 fi
 
 QEMU_VER_LONG=$(${QEMU_IMG} --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')
-QEMU_VER_SHORT=$(echo "${QEMU_VER_LONG//./}" | cut -c1-2)
+# strip patch version and remove dots. 6.0.0 => 60 / 10.0.0 => 100
+QEMU_VER_SHORT=$(echo "${QEMU_VER_LONG%.*}" | sed 's/\.//g')
 if [ "${QEMU_VER_SHORT}" -lt 60 ]; then
     echo "ERROR! QEMU 6.0.0 or newer is required, detected ${QEMU_VER_LONG}."
     exit 1