diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd.py
index c9bb7cc..0f82618 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Sabnzbd(DownloaderBase):
                 'mode': 'version',
             })
             v = sab_data.split('.')
-            if int(v[0]) == 0 and int(v[1]) < 7:
+            if sab_data != 'develop' and int(v[0]) == 0 and int(v[1]) < 7:
                 return False, 'Your Sabnzbd client is too old, please update to newest version.'
 
             # the version check will work even with wrong api key, so we need the next check as well