diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
index 3717cba..ef7e375 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/FCSQLQueryProcessor.java
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 
     private final QueryParser fcsParser = new QueryParser();
     private String version;
+    
+    public FCSQLQueryProcessor (String query) {
+        this(query, VERSION_2_0);
+    }
 
     /** Constructs FCSQLQueryProcessor for the given query and version.
      * @param query an FCS query string
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
index e29fd22..4b192b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@
         }
         else if (ql.equalsIgnoreCase("fcsql")) {
             if (version == null) {
-                ast.addError(StatusCodes.MISSING_VERSION,
-                        "SRU Version is missing!");
+                ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query);
+//                ast.addError(StatusCodes.MISSING_VERSION,
+//                        "SRU Version is missing!");
             }
             else {
                 ast = new FCSQLQueryProcessor(query, version);