diff --git a/src/ucm/parser.c b/src/ucm/parser.c
index d8e7b82c..63441e78 100644
--- a/src/ucm/parser.c
+++ b/src/ucm/parser.c
@@ -1804,6 +1804,7 @@ static int parse_master_file(snd_use_case_mgr_t *uc_mgr, snd_config_t *cfg)
 		}
 		/* delete this field to avoid strcmp() call in the loop */
 		snd_config_delete(n);
+		uc_mgr->conf_format = l;
 	}
 
 	/* in-place evaluation */
diff --git a/src/ucm/ucm_local.h b/src/ucm/ucm_local.h
index 25a50b4d..30edd9cb 100644
--- a/src/ucm/ucm_local.h
+++ b/src/ucm/ucm_local.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include "use-case.h"
 
-#define SYNTAX_VERSION_MAX	2
+#define SYNTAX_VERSION_MAX	3
 
 #define MAX_CARD_SHORT_NAME	32
 #define MAX_CARD_LONG_NAME	80