diff --git a/lib/tritonapi.js b/lib/tritonapi.js
index a68d2d4..e5493d6 100644
--- a/lib/tritonapi.js
+++ b/lib/tritonapi.js
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
         var s = name.split('@');
         name = s[0];
         var version = s[1];
-        this.cloudapi.listImages(function (err, imgs) {
+
+        var opts = {};
+        if (version)
+            opts.version = version;
+        this.cloudapi.listImages(opts, function (err, imgs) {
             if (err) {
                 return cb(err);
             }
@@ -280,8 +284,6 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
             var shortIdMatches = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
                 var img = imgs[i];
-                if (version && img.version !== version)
-                    continue;
                 if (img.name === name) {
                     nameMatches.push(img);
                 }