diff --git a/shim_copy_baseDir.sh b/shim_copy_baseDir.sh
index 0e18616..a5f7969 100755
--- a/shim_copy_baseDir.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_baseDir.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
@@ -97,9 +100,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0:`pwd`/libsr3c.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}:`pwd`/libsr3c.so.${VERSION}
    #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99
diff --git a/shim_copy_flatten.sh b/shim_copy_flatten.sh
index 594794f..4ab3f19 100755
--- a/shim_copy_flatten.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_flatten.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
@@ -95,9 +98,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99
diff --git a/shim_copy_mirror.sh b/shim_copy_mirror.sh
index d73b205..98dc0b9 100755
--- a/shim_copy_mirror.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_mirror.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
      mkdir ~/test
@@ -98,9 +101,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99
diff --git a/shim_copy_mirror_sftp.sh b/shim_copy_mirror_sftp.sh
index 6044c08..384decd 100755
--- a/shim_copy_mirror_sftp.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_mirror_sftp.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
@@ -94,9 +97,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99
diff --git a/shim_copy_strip.sh b/shim_copy_strip.sh
index fcb8b4b..2f7e11f 100755
--- a/shim_copy_strip.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_strip.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
@@ -108,9 +111,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99
diff --git a/shim_copy_strip_slash.sh b/shim_copy_strip_slash.sh
index 6b1f740..696a28f 100755
--- a/shim_copy_strip_slash.sh
+++ b/shim_copy_strip_slash.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+VERSION=`head -1 debian/changelog| sed 's/.*(//' | sed 's/).*//'`
+MAJOR_VERSION=`echo \"${VERSION}\" | sed 's+\..*++g'`
+
 
 # job step 0 - setup...
 if [ ! -d ~/test ]; then
@@ -101,9 +104,9 @@ sr3 start subscribe/local_copy.conf
 
 export SR_POST_CONFIG=local_post.conf
 if [ "${SYSTEM_SHIM_TEST}" ]; then
-   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}
 else
-   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.1.0.0:`pwd`/libsr3c.so.1.0.0
+   export LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/libsr3shim.so.${VERSION}:`pwd`/libsr3c.so.${VERSION}
    #export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 fi
 export SR_SHIMDEBUG=99