diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8609df85..a22f7b8b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -63,14 +63,24 @@ size_t taisei_version_write(SDL_RWops *rwops, TaiseiVersion *version) {
 	return wrote_total;
 }
 
-char* taisei_version_tostring(TaiseiVersion *version) {
-	if(!version->tweak) {
-		if(!version->patch) {
-			return strfmt("%u.%u", version->major, version->minor);
-		}
+char *taisei_version_tostring(TaiseiVersion *version) {
+	StringBuffer sbuf = {};
+	taisei_version_tostrbuf(&sbuf, version);
+	return sbuf.start;
+}
 
-		return strfmt("%u.%u.%u", version->major, version->minor, version->patch);
+void taisei_version_tostrbuf(StringBuffer *sbuf, TaiseiVersion *version) {
+	strbuf_printf(sbuf, "%u.%u", version->major, version->minor);
+
+	if(!version->patch && !version->tweak) {
+		return;
 	}
 
-	return strfmt("%u.%u.%u.%u", version->major, version->minor, version->patch, version->tweak);
+	strbuf_printf(sbuf, ".%u", version->patch);
+
+	if(!version->tweak) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_printf(sbuf, ".%u", version->tweak);
 }
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index a72726bb..2f0c52f0 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "taisei.h"
 
 #include "util.h"
+#include "util/strbuf.h"
 
 #ifdef TAISEI_BUILDCONF_DEBUG
 	#define TAISEI_VERSION_BUILD_TYPE_0 "debug"
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define TAISEI_VERSION_SIZE (sizeof(uint8_t) * 3 + sizeof(uint16_t))
 
 int taisei_version_compare(TaiseiVersion *v1, TaiseiVersion *v2, TaiseiVersionCmpLevel level);
-char* taisei_version_tostring(TaiseiVersion *version);
+char *taisei_version_tostring(TaiseiVersion *version);
+void taisei_version_tostrbuf(StringBuffer *sbuf, TaiseiVersion *version);
 size_t taisei_version_read(SDL_RWops *rwops, TaiseiVersion *version);
 size_t taisei_version_write(SDL_RWops *rwops, TaiseiVersion *version);