diff --git a/gitconsensus/repository.py b/gitconsensus/repository.py
index d9d1c3e..ed66034 100644
--- a/gitconsensus/repository.py
+++ b/gitconsensus/repository.py
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 import github3
 import json
 import requests
+from semantic_version import Version
 import yaml
 
+# .gitconsensus.yaml files with versions higher than this will be ignored.
+max_consensus_version = Version('3.0.0', partial=True)
+
 message_template = """
 This Pull Request has been %s by [GitConsensus](https://www.gitconsensus.com/).
 
@@ -80,6 +84,11 @@ def __init__(self, user, repository, client):
                     "timeout": self.rules.get('timeout')
                 }
 
+            # Treat higher version consensus rules are an unconfigured repository.
+            project_consensus_version = Version(str(self.rules['version']), partial=True)
+            if max_consensus_version < project_consensus_version:
+                self.rules = False
+
     def getPullRequests(self):
         prs = self.repository.iter_pulls(state="open")
         retpr = []
@@ -251,6 +260,8 @@ def validate(self):
         return self.consensus.validate(self)
 
     def shouldClose(self):
+        if not self.repository.rules:
+            return False
         if 'pull_requests' not in self.repository.rules:
             return False
         if 'timeout' in self.repository.rules['pull_requests']:
@@ -265,6 +276,8 @@ def close(self):
         self.commentAction('closed')
 
     def vote_merge(self):
+        if not self.repository.rules:
+            return False
         self.pr.merge('GitConsensus Merge')
         self.addLabels(['gc-merged'])
         self.cleanInfoLabels()
@@ -393,6 +406,8 @@ def __init__(self, rules):
         self.rules = rules
 
     def validate(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         if pr.isBlocked():
             return False
         if not self.isAllowed(pr):
@@ -408,6 +423,8 @@ def validate(self, pr):
         return True
 
     def isAllowed(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         if pr.changesLicense():
             if 'license_lock' in self.rules['pull_requests'] and self.rules['pull_requests']['license_lock']:
                 return False
@@ -417,17 +434,23 @@ def isAllowed(self, pr):
         return True
 
     def isMergeable(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         if not pr.pr.mergeable:
             return False
         return True
 
     def hasQuorum(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         if 'quorum' in self.rules['pull_requests']:
             if len(pr.users) < self.rules['pull_requests']['quorum']:
                 return False
         return True
 
     def hasVotes(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         if 'threshold' in self.rules['pull_requests']:
             total = (len(pr.yes) + len(pr.no))
             if total <= 0:
@@ -438,6 +461,8 @@ def hasVotes(self, pr):
         return True
 
     def hasAged(self, pr):
+        if not self.rules:
+            return False
         hours = pr.hoursSinceLastUpdate()
         if pr.changesLicense():
             if 'license_delay' in self.rules['pull_requests'] and self.rules['pull_requests']['license_delay']:
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 36ec582..0ab8686 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 ROOT_DIR:=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
-.PHONY: all fresh dependencies install fulluninstall uninstall removedeps
+.PHONY: all fresh dependencies clean package  
 
 all: dependencies
 
+fresh: clean dependencies
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(ROOT_DIR)/gitconsensus/*.pyc
 	rm -rf $(ROOT_DIR)/env
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bee00c0..3bdebf7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-click==5.0
+certifi==2018.1.18
+chardet==3.0.4
+click==6.7
 github3.py==1.0.2
+idna==2.6
+pkginfo==1.4.2
+pypandoc==1.4
+python-dateutil==2.7.2
 PyYAML==3.12
 requests==2.18.4
+requests-toolbelt==0.8.0
+semantic-version==2.6.0
+six==1.11.0
+tqdm==4.21.0
+twine==1.11.0
+uritemplate==3.0.0
+urllib3==1.22
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf8bb05..1c5883a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     long_description = open('README.md').read()
 
 
-version = '0.7.1'
+version = '0.7.2'
 setup(
 
   name = 'gitconsensus',
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     'github3.py>=1,<2',
     'PyYAML>=3.12,<3.13',
     'requests>=2.18.0,<2.19',
+    'semantic_version>=2.6.0,<3'
   ],
 
   extras_require={