diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
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index 0000000..1059454
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+# format version number, currently 3; this line is compulsory!
+version=3
+
+# main httrack.com download page ; fetch the mirror version number
+http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html\
+	.*/httrack-([\d\.]+).tar.gz
+