diff --git a/src/org/kapott/hbci/passport/HBCIPassportRDHNew.java b/src/org/kapott/hbci/passport/HBCIPassportRDHNew.java
index aaf5e665..b8f98367 100644
--- a/src/org/kapott/hbci/passport/HBCIPassportRDHNew.java
+++ b/src/org/kapott/hbci/passport/HBCIPassportRDHNew.java
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ public String getProfileVersion()
         
         if (ret == null || ret.length() == 0)
         {
-            ret = HBCIUtils.getParam(getParamHeader()+".defaultprofile","10");
+            ret = HBCIUtils.getParam(getParamHeader()+".defaultprofile",null);
             HBCIUtils.log("unable to determine rdh-profile-version using BPD, using default version " + ret, HBCIUtils.LOG_WARN);
         }