diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
index 340850a9..1dfb0371 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Constants.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ object Constants {
     val BUILD_FILE_NAME = "Build.kt"
     val BUILD_FILE_DIRECTORY = "kobalt/src"
     val BUILD_FILE_PATH = KFiles.joinDir(BUILD_FILE_DIRECTORY, BUILD_FILE_NAME)
+    val KOTLIN_COMPILER_VERSION = "1.0.6"
 
     internal val DEFAULT_REPOS = listOf<String>(
             //            "https://maven-central.storage.googleapis.com/",
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltSettingsXml.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltSettingsXml.kt
index 3ab38848..78561eb2 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltSettingsXml.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltSettingsXml.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.internal
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.Constants
 import com.beust.kobalt.ProxyConfig
 import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject
 import com.google.inject.Singleton
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileInputStream
+import java.lang.NumberFormatException
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class KobaltSettingsXml {
     var proxies: ProxiesXml? = null
 
     @XmlElement(name = "kobaltCompilerVersion") @JvmField
-    var kobaltCompilerVersion: String = "1.0.6"
+    var kobaltCompilerVersion: String = Constants.KOTLIN_COMPILER_VERSION
 
     @XmlElement(name = "kobaltCompilerRepo") @JvmField
     var kobaltCompilerRepo: String? = null