diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b2ccb05..a8420f3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_INIT(Makefile.am)
 #AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config/config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tclap,1.1.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tclap,1.2.0)
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_CXX_HAVE_SSTREAM
 AC_CXX_HAVE_STRSTREAM
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ed675b2..c211b66 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ TESTS = test1.sh \
 		test68.sh \
 		test69.sh \
 		test70.sh \
+		test71.sh \
 		test72.sh \
-		test71.sh 
+		test73.sh 
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test1.out \
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test69.out \
 			 test70.out \
 			 test71.out \
-			 test72.out
+			 test72.out \
+			 test73.out
 
 CLEANFILES = tmp.out
diff --git a/tests/test73.out b/tests/test73.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b45a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test73.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+for float we got : 3.7
+for int we got : 1
+for string we got : asdf
+for ulabeled we got : fff*fff
+for bool A we got : 0
+for bool B we got : 0
+for bool C we got : 0
diff --git a/tests/test73.sh b/tests/test73.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8556ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test73.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# success  tests whether * in UnlabeledValueArg passes 
+../examples/test2 -i 1 -s asdf fff*fff > tmp.out 2>&1
+
+if cmp -s tmp.out $srcdir/test73.out; then
+	exit 0
+else
+	exit 1
+fi
+