diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe2f3e1..a52b4d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+# Version 4.1.2
+ * Now you can suppress the checks for PHP and be able to run this tool in an old setup
+
 # Version 4.1.1
  * Class autoloader in composer.json
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9369a6..fc9529c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB.svg?branch=4.0)](https://travis-ci.org/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB)
 
-# Search Replace DB - v4.1.1
+# Search Replace DB - v4.1.2
 
 This script was made to aid the process of migrating PHP and MySQL
 based websites. Works with most common CMSes.
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ Type `php srdb.cli.php` to run the program. Type `php srdb.cli.php
   --ssl-check [true|false]
     Check the SSL certificate, default to True.
 
+  --allow-old-php [true|false]
+    Suppress the check for PHP version, use it at your own risk!
+
   --help
     Displays this help message ;)
 ```
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2fce750..7d27563 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /**
  *
- * Safe Search and Replace on Database with Serialized Data v4.1.1
+ * Safe Search and Replace on Database with Serialized Data v4.1.2
  * Copyright © 2020  Interconnect IT Limited
  *
  * This script is to solve the problem of doing database search and replace when
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ class="db-required run-script"/>
 
             <h1 class="branding">interconnect/it</h1>
 
-            <h2>Safe Search and Replace on Database with Serialized Data v4.1.1</h2>
+            <h2>Safe Search and Replace on Database with Serialized Data v4.1.2</h2>
 
             <p>This developer/sysadmin tool carries out search/replace functions on MySQL DBs and can handle serialised
                 PHP Arrays and Objects.</p>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 57a1919..90c2bc9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "search-replace-db",
-  "version": "4.1.1",
+  "version": "4.1.2",
   "description": "A PHP search replace tool for quickly modifying a string throughout a database. Useful for changing the base URL when migrating a WordPress site from development to production.",
   "main": "srdb.cli.php",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/srdb.cli.php b/srdb.cli.php
index bdcab22..c89e8aa 100755
--- a/srdb.cli.php
+++ b/srdb.cli.php
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
     [ '', 'ssl-cipher:', 'Define the cipher to use for SSL.', ],
     [ '', 'ssl-check:', 'Check the SSL certificate, default to True.', '[true|false]' ],
 
+    [ '', 'allow-old-php', 'Suppress the check for PHP version, use it at your own risk!' ],
+
     [ '', 'help', 'Displays this help message ;)', ],
 );
 
@@ -156,12 +158,6 @@ function strip_colons( $string ) {
 // missing field flag, show all missing instead of 1 at a time
 $missing_arg = false;
 
-if ( version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '7.3' ) < 0 ) {
-    fwrite( STDERR,
-        "This script has been tested using PHP7.3 +, whereas your version is: " . PHP_VERSION . ". Although this script may work with older versions you do so at your own risk. Please update php and try again. \n" );
-    exit( 1 );
-}
-
 if ( ! extension_loaded( "mbstring" ) ) {
     fwrite( STDERR, "This script requires mbstring. Please install mbstring and try again.\n" );
     exit ( 1 );
@@ -184,12 +180,17 @@ function strip_colons( $string ) {
 
 // new args array
 $args = array(
-    'verbose'   => true,
-    'ssl_check' => true,
-    'dry_run'   => false,
-    'debug'     => false
+    'verbose'       => true,
+    'ssl_check'     => true,
+    'dry_run'       => false,
+    'debug'         => false,
+    'allow_old_php' => false
 );
 
+if ( isset( $options['allow-old-php'] ) ) {
+    $args['allow_old_php'] = true;
+}
+
 // create $args array
 foreach ( $options as $key => $value ) {
 
@@ -223,6 +224,14 @@ function strip_colons( $string ) {
     $args[ $key ] = $value;
 }
 
+if ( $args['allow_old_php'] === false ) {
+    if ( version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '7.3' ) < 0 ) {
+        fwrite( STDERR,
+            "This script has been tested using PHP7.3 +, whereas your version is: " . PHP_VERSION . ". Although this script may work with older versions you do so at your own risk. Please update php and try again. \n" );
+        exit( 1 );
+    }
+}
+
 // modify the log output
 class icit_srdb_cli extends icit_srdb {
     public function log( $type = '' ) {