diff --git a/.ldoc/config.ld b/.ldoc/config.ld
index 35606f3..b1bc9ed 100644
--- a/.ldoc/config.ld
+++ b/.ldoc/config.ld
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ favicon = "https://www.minetest.net/media/icon.svg"
 readme = ".ldoc/README.md"
 style = true
 
-local version = 1.10
+local version = "1.10"
 
 file = {
 	"settings.lua",
diff --git a/set_version.py b/set_version.py
index 8c40217..9e7a1a1 100755
--- a/set_version.py
+++ b/set_version.py
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
 		if not version_set:
 			if "=" in replacement and li.startswith(replacement):
 				key = li.split(" = ")[0]
-				li = "{} = {}".format(key, new_version)
+				if replacement.startswith("local"):
+					# use string in LDoc config trailing 0s aren't trimmed
+					li = '{} = "{}"'.format(key, new_version)
+				else:
+					li = "{} = {}".format(key, new_version)
 				version_set = True
 			elif li == replacement:
 				li = "v{}".format(new_version)