diff --git a/src/namecoin.py b/src/namecoin.py
index 2cfa5a1d..1124bbeb 100644
--- a/src/namecoin.py
+++ b/src/namecoin.py
@@ -129,12 +129,14 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
     # Test the connection settings.  This routine tries to query a "getinfo"
     # command, and builds either an error message or a success message with
     # some info from it.
-    def test (self):
+    def test(self):
         try:
             if self.nmctype == "namecoind":
-                res = self.callRPC ("getinfo", [])
-                vers = res["version"]
-                
+                try:
+                    vers = self.callRPC("getinfo", [])["version"]
+                except RPCError:
+                    vers = self.callRPC("getnetworkinfo", [])["version"]
+
                 v3 = vers % 100
                 vers = vers / 100
                 v2 = vers % 100