diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
index 43a6fe7..75a4813 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from base64 import standard_b64encode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
+import re
 import socket
 import traceback
 import xmlrpclib
@@ -44,11 +45,10 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
                 log.error('Protocol Error: %s', e)
             return False
 
-        priority = tryInt(self.conf('priority'))
-        if priority != 0:
+        if re.search(r"^0", rpc.version()):
             xml_response = rpc.append(nzb_name, self.conf('category'), False, standard_b64encode(filedata.strip()))
         else:
-            xml_response = rpc.append(nzb_name, self.conf('category'), priority, False, standard_b64encode(filedata.strip()))
+            xml_response = rpc.append(nzb_name, self.conf('category'), tryInt(self.conf('priority')), False, standard_b64encode(filedata.strip()))
 
         if xml_response:
             log.info('NZB sent successfully to NZBGet')