--- cvsroot/EV/EV.pm	2007/11/02 22:03:00	1.24
+++ cvsroot/EV/EV.pm	2007/11/02 23:22:17	1.26
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 use strict;
 
 BEGIN {
-   our $VERSION = '0.1';
+   our $VERSION = '0.5';
    use XSLoader;
    XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
 }
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@
    warn "EV: error in callback (ignoring): $@";
 };
 
-init;
+init
+   or die 'EV: cannot initialise libev backend. bad $ENV{LIBEV_METHODS}?';
 
 push @AnyEvent::REGISTRY, [EV => "EV::AnyEvent"];