diff --git a/client/electrum.py b/client/electrum.py
index 5ad020b2..1e1bf74f 100755
--- a/client/electrum.py
+++ b/client/electrum.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 import sys, base64, os, re, hashlib, socket, getpass, copy, operator, ast
 from decimal import Decimal
-from ecdsa.util import string_to_number, number_to_string
 
 try:
     import ecdsa  
+    from ecdsa.util import string_to_number, number_to_string
 except:
     print "python-ecdsa does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo easy_install ecdsa'"
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/client/version.py b/client/version.py
index 40f1afd2..bac5f9e4 100644
--- a/client/version.py
+++ b/client/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = "0.34"
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = "0.35"
 SEED_VERSION = 4  # bump this everytime the seed generation is modified