diff --git a/collector.go b/collector.go
index 5c69520..4b99965 100644
--- a/collector.go
+++ b/collector.go
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ func (c *Collector) toFloat(b bool) float64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func NewCollector(filename string, discovery fbx.FreeboxDiscovery, hostDetails, debug bool) *Collector {
+func NewCollector(filename string, discovery fbx.FreeboxDiscovery, forceApiVersion int, hostDetails, debug bool) *Collector {
 	result := &Collector{
 		hostDetails: hostDetails,
 	}
@@ -635,14 +635,14 @@ func NewCollector(filename string, discovery fbx.FreeboxDiscovery, hostDetails,
 	if r, err := os.Open(filename); err == nil {
 		log.Info.Println("Use configuration file", filename)
 		defer r.Close()
-		result.freebox, err = fbx.NewFreeboxConnectionFromConfig(r)
+		result.freebox, err = fbx.NewFreeboxConnectionFromConfig(r, forceApiVersion)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Info.Println("Could not find the configuration file", filename)
 		newConfig = true
-		result.freebox, err = fbx.NewFreeboxConnectionFromServiceDiscovery(discovery)
+		result.freebox, err = fbx.NewFreeboxConnectionFromServiceDiscovery(discovery, forceApiVersion)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
diff --git a/fbx/api_version.go b/fbx/api_version.go
index a538274..7322339 100644
--- a/fbx/api_version.go
+++ b/fbx/api_version.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ type FreeboxAPIVersion struct {
 	APIVersion     string `json:"api_version"`
 	APIBaseURL     string `json:"api_base_url"`
 	DeviceType     string `json:"device_type"`
+
+	QueryApiVersion int `json:"-"`
 }
 
 const (
@@ -36,13 +38,17 @@ const (
 	FreeboxDiscoveryMDNS
 )
 
-func NewFreeboxAPIVersion(client *FreeboxHttpClient, discovery FreeboxDiscovery) (*FreeboxAPIVersion, error) {
+func NewFreeboxAPIVersion(client *FreeboxHttpClient, discovery FreeboxDiscovery, forceApiVersion int) (*FreeboxAPIVersion, error) {
 	result := &FreeboxAPIVersion{}
 
 	if err := result.getDiscovery(discovery)(client); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := result.setQueryApiVersion(forceApiVersion); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	if !result.IsValid() {
 		return nil, errors.New("could not get the API version")
 	}
@@ -61,26 +67,23 @@ func (f *FreeboxAPIVersion) IsValid() bool {
 		f.DeviceName != "" &&
 		f.APIVersion != "" &&
 		f.APIBaseURL != "" &&
-		f.DeviceType != ""
+		f.DeviceType != "" &&
+		f.QueryApiVersion > 0
 }
 
 func (f *FreeboxAPIVersion) GetURL(path string, miscPath ...interface{}) (string, error) {
 	if !f.IsValid() {
 		return "", errors.New("invalid FreeboxAPIVersion")
 	}
-	versionSplit := strings.Split(f.APIVersion, ".")
-	if len(versionSplit) != 2 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not decode the api version \"%s\"", f.APIVersion)
-	}
 	args := make([]interface{}, len(miscPath)+4)
 	args[0] = f.APIDomain
 	args[1] = f.HTTPSPort
 	args[2] = f.APIBaseURL
-	args[3] = versionSplit[0]
+	args[3] = f.QueryApiVersion
 	if len(miscPath) > 0 {
 		copy(args[4:], miscPath)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d%sv%s/"+path, args...), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d%sv%d/"+path, args...), nil
 }
 
 func (f *FreeboxAPIVersion) getDiscovery(discovery FreeboxDiscovery) func(client *FreeboxHttpClient) error {
@@ -170,3 +173,20 @@ func (f *FreeboxAPIVersion) newFreeboxAPIVersionMDNS(*FreeboxHttpClient) error {
 
 	return errors.New("MDNS timeout")
 }
+
+func (f *FreeboxAPIVersion) setQueryApiVersion(forceApiVersion int) error {
+	versionSplit := strings.Split(f.APIVersion, ".")
+	if len(versionSplit) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not decode the api version \"%s\"", f.APIVersion)
+	}
+	if apiVersionFromDiscovery, err := strconv.Atoi(versionSplit[0]); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else if forceApiVersion > apiVersionFromDiscovery {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could use the api version %d which is higher than %d", forceApiVersion, apiVersionFromDiscovery)
+	} else if forceApiVersion > 0 {
+		f.QueryApiVersion = forceApiVersion
+	} else {
+		f.QueryApiVersion = apiVersionFromDiscovery
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/fbx/connection.go b/fbx/connection.go
index 3d82732..553739c 100644
--- a/fbx/connection.go
+++ b/fbx/connection.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ type FreeboxConnection struct {
  * FreeboxConnection
  */
 
-func NewFreeboxConnectionFromServiceDiscovery(discovery FreeboxDiscovery) (*FreeboxConnection, error) {
+func NewFreeboxConnectionFromServiceDiscovery(discovery FreeboxDiscovery, forceApiVersion int) (*FreeboxConnection, error) {
 	client := NewFreeboxHttpClient()
-	apiVersion, err := NewFreeboxAPIVersion(client, discovery)
+	apiVersion, err := NewFreeboxAPIVersion(client, discovery, forceApiVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ func NewFreeboxConnectionFromServiceDiscovery(discovery FreeboxDiscovery) (*Free
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func NewFreeboxConnectionFromConfig(reader io.Reader) (*FreeboxConnection, error) {
+func NewFreeboxConnectionFromConfig(reader io.Reader, forceApiVersion int) (*FreeboxConnection, error) {
 	client := NewFreeboxHttpClient()
 	config := config{}
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(reader).Decode(&config); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if err := config.APIVersion.setQueryApiVersion(forceApiVersion); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if !config.APIVersion.IsValid() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid api_version: %v", config.APIVersion)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 028f199..674be04 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 	debugPtr := flag.Bool("debug", false, "enable the debug mode")
 	hostDetailsPtr := flag.Bool("hostDetails", false, "get details about the hosts connected to wifi and ethernet. This increases the number of metrics")
 	httpDiscoveryPtr := flag.Bool("httpDiscovery", false, "use http://mafreebox.freebox.fr/api_version to discover the Freebox at the first run (by default: use mDNS)")
+	apiVersionPtr := flag.Int("apiVersion", 0, "Force the API version (by default use the latest one)")
 	listenPtr := flag.String("listen", ":9091", "listen to address")
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func main() {
 		discovery = fbx.FreeboxDiscoveryHTTP
 	}
 
-	collector := NewCollector(args[0], discovery, *hostDetailsPtr, *debugPtr)
+	collector := NewCollector(args[0], discovery, *apiVersionPtr, *hostDetailsPtr, *debugPtr)
 	defer collector.Close()
 
 	prometheus.MustRegister(collector)