diff --git a/compiler/res/prog8lib/conv.p8 b/compiler/res/prog8lib/conv.p8
index 299f116e4..b63a34f4f 100644
--- a/compiler/res/prog8lib/conv.p8
+++ b/compiler/res/prog8lib/conv.p8
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ asmsub  any2uword(str string @AY) clobbers(Y) -> ubyte @A {
 	sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
 	sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
 	ldy  #0
-	lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1)
+	lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
 	ldy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
 	cmp  #'$'
 	beq  _hex
diff --git a/compiler/res/version.txt b/compiler/res/version.txt
index a435f5a56..416692572 100644
--- a/compiler/res/version.txt
+++ b/compiler/res/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1
+6.2-SNAPSHOT