diff --git a/minode/message.py b/minode/message.py
index ee01ea8..0c8ee7d 100644
--- a/minode/message.py
+++ b/minode/message.py
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ def _payload_read_int(data):
 class Version():
     """The version message payload"""
     def __init__(
-        self, host, port, protocol_version=shared.protocol_version,
-        services=shared.services, nonce=shared.nonce,
-        user_agent=shared.user_agent, streams=None
+        self, host, port,
+        nonce=shared.nonce, services=shared.services,
+        *, streams=None, user_agent=shared.user_agent,
+        protocol_version=shared.protocol_version,
     ):
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ class Version():
             raise ValueError('malformed Version message, wrong streams_count')
 
         return cls(
-            host, port, protocol_version, services, nonce, user_agent, streams)
+            host, port, nonce, services, streams=streams,
+            protocol_version=protocol_version, user_agent=user_agent)
 
 
 class Inv():