diff --git a/core/src/main/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListener.groovy b/core/src/main/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListener.groovy
index e176371a..df4d27c4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListener.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListener.groovy
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class GaelykServletContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
     void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
         // nothing special to be done
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Verifies if proper version of Gaelyk is used.
      * Currently Groovy 2.x.x versions are supported but this may change
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class GaelykServletContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
             throw new IllegalStateException("You must use Groovy 2.x to run Gaelyk ${GaelykBindingEnhancer.app['gaelyk']['version']} application.")
         }
     }
-    
+
     private static boolean verifyGroovyVersionInternal(String version){
-        version.startsWith('2.')
+        version.startsWith('2.') || version.startsWith('3.')
     }
-            
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListenerTest.groovy b/core/src/test/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListenerTest.groovy
index a885eb9c..594024d8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListenerTest.groovy
+++ b/core/src/test/groovyx/gaelyk/GaelykServletContextListenerTest.groovy
@@ -69,16 +69,17 @@ class GaelykServletContextListenerTest extends GroovyTestCase {
 
         assert called
     }
-    
+
     void testVerifyVersion(){
-        assert !GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('3.0.0')
+        assert !GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('4.0.0')
         assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('2.1')
+        assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('3.0.0-alpha-4')
         assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('2.1.0')
         assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('2.0.0')
-        assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('2.0.5')
+        assert GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('2.5.6')
         assert !GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('1.8.7')
         assert !GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersionInternal('1.7')
-        
+
         // verify that we are building using good version
         GaelykServletContextListener.verifyGroovyVersion()
     }