diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64db6e5..706dc22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 build
 dist
 *.pyc
+
+# JetBrains
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/postgresql/versionstring.py b/postgresql/versionstring.py
index 04c065a..6c0dbd3 100644
--- a/postgresql/versionstring.py
+++ b/postgresql/versionstring.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 (8, 0, 1, None, None)
 """
 
+
 def split(vstr: str) -> tuple:
 	"""
 	Split a PostgreSQL version string into a tuple.
 	(major, minor, patch, ..., state_class, state_level)
 	"""
-	v = vstr.strip().split('.')
+	v = vstr.strip().split('(')
 
 	# Get rid of the numbers around the state_class (beta,a,dev,alpha, etc)
 	state_class = v[-1].strip('0123456789')
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def split(vstr: str) -> tuple:
 			state_level = None
 		else:
 			state_level = int(state_level)
-		vlist = [int(x or '0') for x in v[:-1]]
+		vlist = [int(float(x) or '0') for x in v[:-1]]
 		if last_version:
 			vlist.append(int(last_version))
 		vlist += [None] * (3 - len(vlist))