diff --git a/hacking/ChangeLog b/hacking/ChangeLog
index 939cc76..e6842ee 100644
--- a/hacking/ChangeLog
+++ b/hacking/ChangeLog
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@
 20031007 tapeconv.c: remove double-free bug if tape reading fails.
 20031009 utils.c: add information from uname() into creator custom data.
 20031010 utils.c: on Solaris, uname() returns 1 to indicate success.
+20031013 Put libspectrum version into creator information, and ensure that
+	 libspectrum_init is called by all programs which use libspectrum
+	 functions.
diff --git a/listbasic.c b/listbasic.c
index d1989ac..899b048 100644
--- a/listbasic.c
+++ b/listbasic.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     return 1;
   }
 
+  error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
+
   error = mmap_file( argv[1], &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
 
   error = libspectrum_identify_file( &type, argv[1], buffer, length );
diff --git a/rzxcheck.c b/rzxcheck.c
index cee74e9..72c9a8b 100644
--- a/rzxcheck.c
+++ b/rzxcheck.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
   progname = argv[0];
 
-  if( libspectrum_init() ) return 16;
+  if( init_libspectrum() ) return 16;
 
   if( argc < 2 ) {
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: usage: %s <rzxfile>\n", progname, progname );
diff --git a/rzxtool.c b/rzxtool.c
index 94d8cea..1106f49 100644
--- a/rzxtool.c
+++ b/rzxtool.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
   unsigned char *buffer; size_t length;
   unsigned char *snap_buffer; size_t snap_length;
+  int error;
 
   libspectrum_rzx *rzx;
   libspectrum_snap *snap = NULL;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
   progname = argv[0];
 
-  if( libspectrum_init() ) return 1;
+  error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
 
   init_options( &options );
   if( parse_options( argc, argv, &options ) ) return 1;
diff --git a/snapconv.c b/snapconv.c
index d039888..1383492 100644
--- a/snapconv.c
+++ b/snapconv.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     return 1;
   }
 
+  error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
+
   error = libspectrum_snap_alloc( &snap ); if( error ) return error;
 
   if( mmap_file( argv[1], &buffer, &length ) ) {
diff --git a/tapeconv.c b/tapeconv.c
index 49d2865..463e5f4 100644
--- a/tapeconv.c
+++ b/tapeconv.c
@@ -46,13 +46,15 @@ char *progname;
 int
 main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
-  int c;
+  int c, error;
   char *input_type_string = NULL; libspectrum_id_t input_type;
   char *output_type_string = NULL; libspectrum_id_t output_type;
   libspectrum_tape *tzx;
 
   progname = argv[0];
 
+  error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
+
   /* Don't screw up people's terminals */
   if( isatty( STDOUT_FILENO ) ) {
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: won't output binary data to a terminal\n",
diff --git a/tzxlist.c b/tzxlist.c
index 68f3324..8066f68 100644
--- a/tzxlist.c
+++ b/tzxlist.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 {
   int ret = 0;
   int arg = 0;
+  int error;
 
   progname = argv[0];
 
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     return 1;
   }
 
+  error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
+
   while( ++arg < argc )
     ret |= process_tzx( argv[arg] );
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index b532fe2..ad23a35 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -40,12 +40,31 @@
 
 extern char *progname;
 
+/* The minimum version of libspectrum we need */
+static const char *LIBSPECTRUM_MIN_VERSION = "0.2.0";
+
+int
+init_libspectrum( void )
+{
+  if( libspectrum_check_version( LIBSPECTRUM_MIN_VERSION ) ) {
+    if( libspectrum_init() ) return 1;
+  } else {
+    fprintf( stderr, "libspectrum version %s found, but %s required",
+	     libspectrum_version(), LIBSPECTRUM_MIN_VERSION );
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 int
 get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program )
 {
   char *custom;
+  int version[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
   struct utsname buf;
   libspectrum_error error; int sys_error;
+  size_t i;
 
   sys_error = uname( &buf );
   if( sys_error == -1 ) {
@@ -60,10 +79,16 @@ get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program )
   error = libspectrum_creator_set_program( *creator, program );
   if( error ) { libspectrum_creator_free( *creator ); return error; }
 
-  error = libspectrum_creator_set_major( *creator, 0x0006 );
+  sscanf( VERSION, "%u.%u.%u.%u",
+	  &version[0], &version[1], &version[2], &version[3] );
+  for( i=0; i<4; i++ ) if( version[i] > 0xff ) version[i] = 0xff;
+
+  error = libspectrum_creator_set_major( *creator,
+					 version[0] * 0x100 + version[1] );
   if( error ) { libspectrum_creator_free( *creator ); return error; }
 
-  error = libspectrum_creator_set_minor( *creator, 0x0100 );
+  error = libspectrum_creator_set_minor( *creator,
+					 version[2] * 0x100 + version[3] );
   if( error ) { libspectrum_creator_free( *creator ); return error; }
 
   custom = malloc( 256 );
@@ -74,8 +99,9 @@ get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program )
     return 1;
   }
 
-  snprintf( custom, 256, "uname: %s %s %s\n", buf.sysname, buf.machine,
-	    buf.release );
+  snprintf( custom, 256, "libspectrum: %s\nuname: %s %s %s\n",
+	    libspectrum_version(),
+	    buf.sysname, buf.machine, buf.release );
 
   error = libspectrum_creator_set_custom( *creator,
 					  custom, strlen( custom ) );
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 3dfbbf1..6408e33 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <libspectrum.h>
 
+int init_libspectrum( void );
 int get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program );
 int mmap_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length );