diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index d08d58f..db6379e 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.1.04	07-Dec-2015 
+	- Fixed wrong version comparison (affects usage of MySQL 5.7.10)
+	- Changed tests to use smarter version comparison
 3.1.03	04-Dec-2015 
 	- Increased timeout for 'start' script, needed when restart requires 
 	a longer time.
diff --git a/bin/low_level_make_sandbox b/bin/low_level_make_sandbox
index 6738d98..8c98ddc 100755
--- a/bin/low_level_make_sandbox
+++ b/bin/low_level_make_sandbox
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use warnings;
 use English qw( -no_match_vars ); 
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_ignore_case );
-use MySQL::Sandbox qw( find_safe_port_and_directory exists_in_path runs_as_root use_env sbinstr fix_server_uuid);
+use MySQL::Sandbox qw( find_safe_port_and_directory exists_in_path runs_as_root use_env sbinstr fix_server_uuid greater_version split_version);
 use MySQL::Sandbox::Scripts;
 
 my $DEBUG = $MySQL::Sandbox::DEBUG;
@@ -630,23 +630,13 @@ if ($msb->{options}{datadir_from} eq 'script' ) {
     if ($mysql_version)
     {
         chomp $mysql_version;
-        my ($major, $minor, $rev) ;
-        if ($mysql_version =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/ )
-        {
-            $major = $1;
-            $minor=$2;
-            $rev = $3;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            die "Can't get version components numbers from <$mysql_version>\n";
-        }
+        my ($major, $minor, $rev) = split_version($mysql_version);
         $mysql_version=sprintf('%d.%d.%d', $major,$minor, $rev);
-        if ($mysql_version eq '5.7.5' )
+        if (greater_version($mysql_version, '5.7.5' ) && ($major < 10) )
         {
             $additional_options .= ' --insecure' ;
         }
-        elsif (($mysql_version ge '5.7.6' ) && ($major < 10))  # exclude MariaDB from this feature
+        elsif ((greater_version($mysql_version, '5.7.6') ) && ($major < 10))  # exclude MariaDB from this feature
         {
             # mysql_install_db is deprecated. It is now replaced by 'mysqld --initialize'
             # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-install-db.html
diff --git a/bin/test_sandbox b/bin/test_sandbox
index 53778a6..952e725 100755
--- a/bin/test_sandbox
+++ b/bin/test_sandbox
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_ignore_case );
-use MySQL::Sandbox qw(use_env);
+use MySQL::Sandbox qw(use_env greater_version);
 use English qw( -no_match_vars );
 use Carp;
 
@@ -1185,14 +1185,13 @@ sub run_smoke_test {
               expected  => '^0$',
               msg       => "tables in install_test "
             });
-
     $sql_result = get_sql_result(
            "$sandbox_home/msb_$version", 
             q{ drop database install_test;},
             $verbose);
     my $sandbox_dirs = how_many_dirs("$sandbox_home/msb_$version/data");
     my $expected_dirs = 2;
-    if ($bare_version ge '5.7.7')
+    if (greater_version( $bare_version, '5.7.7') && ( $bare_version !~ /^10/))
     {
         $expected_dirs = 4;
     }
diff --git a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox.pm b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox.pm
index e71c300..b97ea4b 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox.pm
+++ b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox.pm
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ our @EXPORT_OK= qw( is_port_open
                     get_option_file_contents 
                     validate_json_object
                     fix_server_uuid
+                    greater_version
+                    split_version
                     ) ;
 
-our $VERSION="3.1.03";
+our $VERSION="3.1.04";
 our $DEBUG;
 
 BEGIN {
@@ -238,6 +240,41 @@ sub credits {
     return $CREDITS;
 }
 
+sub split_version 
+{
+    my ($v) = @_;
+    if ($v =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/ )
+    {
+        return ($1, $2, $3)
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        die "# Split version: could not get components from <$v>\n";
+    }
+}
+
+sub greater_version
+{
+    my ($v1, $v2) = @_;
+
+    my ($v1_major, $v1_minor, $v1_rev) = split_version($v1);
+    my ($v2_major, $v2_minor, $v2_rev) = split_version($v2);
+    if ( $v1_major > $v2_major)
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    elsif ( ($v1_major == $v2_major) &&  ($v1_minor > $v2_minor))
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    elsif ( ($v1_major == $v2_major) && ($v1_minor == $v2_minor) && ($v1_rev > $v2_rev) )
+    {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0
+}
+
+
 sub fix_server_uuid
 {
     my ($server_id, $version, $port, $sandbox_directory) = @_;
diff --git a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Recipes.pm b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Recipes.pm
index 60d4f2b..575d235 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Recipes.pm
+++ b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Recipes.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package MySQL::Sandbox::Recipes;
 
-our $VERSION="3.1.03";
+our $VERSION="3.1.04";
 
 1;
 __END__
diff --git a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Scripts.pm b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Scripts.pm
index c11b21b..4d51d5a 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Scripts.pm
+++ b/lib/MySQL/Sandbox/Scripts.pm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     );
 our @EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;
 
-our $VERSION="3.1.03";
+our $VERSION="3.1.04";
 
 our @MANIFEST = (
 'clear.sh',
diff --git a/t/Test_Helper.pm b/t/Test_Helper.pm
index e45eea2..a77d54f 100644
--- a/t/Test_Helper.pm
+++ b/t/Test_Helper.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BEGIN {
     if ($^O =~ /^(?:mswin|win)/i) {
         skip_all ('This module is not for Windows');        
     }
-    use MySQL::Sandbox;
+    use MySQL::Sandbox qw/split_version/;
     $ENV{TEST_SANDBOX_HOME}="$ENV{PWD}/t/test_sb";
     $ENV{PERL5LIB}="$ENV{PWD}/lib";
     $ENV{PATH}="$ENV{PWD}/bin:$ENV{PATH}";
@@ -28,27 +28,27 @@ our @ISA= qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT_OK= qw( test_sandbox find_plugindir skip_all confirm_version);
 our @EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;
 
-sub get_version_parts
-{
-    my ($version) = @_;
-    if ($version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
-    {
-        my ($major, $minor, $rev) = ($1, $2, $3) ;
-        return ($major, $minor, $rev);
-    }    
-    else
-    {
-        die "# version $version does not have expected components"
-    }
-}
+#sub get_version_parts
+#{
+#    my ($version) = @_;
+#    if ($version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
+#    {
+#        my ($major, $minor, $rev) = ($1, $2, $3) ;
+#        return ($major, $minor, $rev);
+#    }    
+#    else
+#    {
+#        die "# version $version does not have expected components"
+#    }
+#}
 
 sub confirm_version
 {
     my ($min_version, $max_version) = @_;
     my $will_skip =0;
-    my ($major, $minor, $rev) = get_version_parts($test_version);
-    my ($major1, $minor1, $rev1) = get_version_parts($min_version);
-    my ($major2, $minor2, $rev2) = get_version_parts($max_version);
+    my ($major, $minor, $rev) = split_version($test_version);
+    my ($major1, $minor1, $rev1) = split_version($min_version);
+    my ($major2, $minor2, $rev2) = split_version($max_version);
     my $compare_test = sprintf("%05d-%05d-%05d", $major,  $minor,  $rev);
     my $compare_min  = sprintf("%05d-%05d-%05d", $major1, $minor1, $rev1);
     my $compare_max  = sprintf("%05d-%05d-%05d", $major2, $minor2, $rev2);
@@ -100,6 +100,24 @@ sub test_sandbox {
 
 sub find_plugindir {
     my ($minimum_version, $maximum_version, $use_current) = @_;
+    my $minimum_version_str;
+    my $maximum_version_str;
+    if ($minimum_version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
+    {
+        $minimum_version_str = sprintf('%02d-%02d-%02d', $1, $2, $3);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        die "# Invalid minimum version provided : $minimum_version\n";
+    }
+    if ($maximum_version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
+    {
+        $maximum_version_str = sprintf('%02d-%02d-%02d', $1, $2, $3);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        die "# Invalid maximum version provided : $maximum_version\n";
+    }
     my $plugindir;
 
     if  ( 
@@ -114,8 +132,8 @@ sub find_plugindir {
         my $highest_version = '';
         my @versions = ();
         my @dirs =  sort { $b cmp $a } 
-                    grep { ($_ ge $minimum_version) && ($_ le $maximum_version) }
-                    map { m{(\d\.\d\.\d+)/?$}; $1 }
+                    grep { ($_ ge $minimum_version_str) && ($_ le $maximum_version_str) }
+                    map { m{(\d)\.(\d)\.(\d+)/?$}; sprintf('%02d-%02d-%02d',$1,$2,$3) }
                         grep { /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/ } 
                         grep { -d $_ } 
                             glob("$ENV{SANDBOX_BINARY}/*/" ) ;
@@ -123,7 +141,7 @@ sub find_plugindir {
             skip_all("no directories found under $ENV{SANDBOX_BINARY}");
         }
         $highest_version = $dirs[0];
-        if ($highest_version lt $minimum_version)  {
+        if ($highest_version lt $minimum_version_str)  {
             skip_all("no suitable version found for this test");
         }
         my $TEST_VERSION = $ENV{TEST_VERSION} || $highest_version;