diff --git a/dist/cli/error.js b/dist/cli/error.js
index d8d1c28..5df9bda 100644
--- a/dist/cli/error.js
+++ b/dist/cli/error.js
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ Error-handling routines for HackMyResume.
       case HMSTATUS.themeHelperLoad:
         msg = printf(M2C(this.msgs.themeHelperLoad.msg), ex.glob);
         etype = 'error';
+        break;
+      case HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion:
+        msg = printf(M2C(this.msgs.invalidSchemaVersion.msg), ex.data);
+        etype = 'error';
     }
     return {
       msg: msg,
diff --git a/dist/cli/main.js b/dist/cli/main.js
index e9ff5d2..ca0636d 100644
--- a/dist/cli/main.js
+++ b/dist/cli/main.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Definition of the `main` function.
     program.command('validate')["arguments"]('<sources...>').description('Validate a resume in FRESH or JSON RESUME format.').action(function(sources) {
       execute.call(this, sources, [], this.opts(), logMsg);
     });
-    program.command('convert').description('Convert a resume to/from FRESH or JSON RESUME format.').action(function() {
+    program.command('convert').description('Convert a resume to/from FRESH or JSON RESUME format.').option('-f --format <fmt>', 'FRESH or JRS format and optional version', void 0).action(function() {
       var x;
       x = splitSrcDest.call(this);
       execute.call(this, x.src, x.dst, this.opts(), logMsg);
diff --git a/dist/cli/msg.yml b/dist/cli/msg.yml
index b7fe231..862dbba 100644
--- a/dist/cli/msg.yml
+++ b/dist/cli/msg.yml
@@ -137,3 +137,5 @@ errors:
       An error occurred while attempting to load the '%s' theme helper. Is the
       theme correctly installed?
     dummy: dontcare
+  invalidSchemaVersion:
+    msg: "'%s' is not recognized as a valid schema version."
diff --git a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
index 5546a41..a053163 100644
--- a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -109,14 +109,27 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
     Save the sheet to disk in a specific format, either FRESH or JSON Resume.
      */
 
-    FreshResume.prototype.saveAs = function(filename, format) {
-      var newRep;
-      if (format !== 'JRS') {
+    FreshResume.prototype.saveAs = function(filename, format, version) {
+      var freshVersionReg, newRep, parts, safeFormat, safeVersion;
+      safeFormat = (format || 'FRESH').trim();
+      safeVersion = version || "0";
+      freshVersionReg = require('../utils/fresh-version-regex');
+      if (!freshVersionReg().test(safeFormat)) {
+        throw {
+          badVer: safeFormat
+        };
+      }
+      parts = safeFormat.split('@');
+      if (parts[0] === 'FRESH') {
         this.imp.file = filename || this.imp.file;
         FS.writeFileSync(this.imp.file, this.stringify(), 'utf8');
-      } else {
-        newRep = CONVERTER.toJRS(this);
+      } else if (parts[0] === 'JRS') {
+        newRep = CONVERTER.toJRS(this, null, parts.length > 1 ? parts[1] : "1.0.0");
         FS.writeFileSync(filename, JRSResume.stringify(newRep), 'utf8');
+      } else {
+        throw {
+          badVer: safeFormat
+        };
       }
       return this;
     };
diff --git a/dist/core/status-codes.js b/dist/core/status-codes.js
index 4eedca5..77e8c36 100644
--- a/dist/core/status-codes.js
+++ b/dist/core/status-codes.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Status codes for HackMyResume.
     invalidOptionsFile: 27,
     optionsFileNotFound: 28,
     unknownSchema: 29,
-    themeHelperLoad: 30
+    themeHelperLoad: 30,
+    invalidSchemaVersion: 31
   };
 
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/dist/verbs/convert.js b/dist/verbs/convert.js
index f3e4806..9101672 100644
--- a/dist/verbs/convert.js
+++ b/dist/verbs/convert.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
    */
 
   _convert = function(srcs, dst, opts) {
-    var results;
+    var fmtUp, freshVerRegex, matches, results, targetSchema, targetVer;
     if (!srcs || !srcs.length) {
       this.err(HMSTATUS.resumeNotFound, {
         quit: true
@@ -65,13 +65,27 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
         quit: true
       });
     }
+    targetVer = null;
+    if (opts.format) {
+      fmtUp = opts.format.trim().toUpperCase();
+      freshVerRegex = require('../utils/fresh-version-regex');
+      matches = fmtUp.match(freshVerRegex());
+      if (!matches) {
+        this.err(HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion, {
+          data: opts.format.trim(),
+          quit: true
+        });
+      }
+      targetSchema = matches[1];
+      targetVer = matches[2] || '1';
+    }
     if (this.hasError()) {
       this.reject(this.errorCode);
       return null;
     }
     results = _.map(srcs, function(src, idx) {
       var r;
-      r = _convertOne.call(this, src, dst, idx);
+      r = _convertOne.call(this, src, dst, idx, targetSchema, targetVer);
       if (r.fluenterror) {
         r.quit = opts.assert;
         this.err(r.fluenterror, r);
@@ -89,8 +103,8 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
 
   /** Private workhorse method. Convert a single resume. */
 
-  _convertOne = function(src, dst, idx) {
-    var rez, rinfo, srcFmt, targetFormat;
+  _convertOne = function(src, dst, idx, targetSchema, targetVer) {
+    var err, rez, rinfo, srcFmt, targetFormat;
     rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne(src, {
       format: null,
       objectify: true,
@@ -118,14 +132,25 @@ Implementation of the 'convert' verb for HackMyResume.
       rinfo.fluenterror = HMSTATUS.unknownSchema;
       return rinfo;
     }
-    targetFormat = srcFmt === 'JRS' ? 'FRESH' : 'JRS';
+    targetFormat = targetSchema || (srcFmt === 'JRS' ? 'FRESH' : 'JRS');
     this.stat(HMEVENT.beforeConvert, {
       srcFile: rinfo.file,
       srcFmt: srcFmt,
       dstFile: dst[idx],
       dstFmt: targetFormat
     });
-    rez.saveAs(dst[idx], targetFormat);
+    try {
+      rez.saveAs(dst[idx], targetFormat, targetVer);
+    } catch (_error) {
+      err = _error;
+      if (err.badVer) {
+        return {
+          fluenterror: HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion,
+          quit: true,
+          data: err.badVer
+        };
+      }
+    }
     return rez;
   };
 
diff --git a/src/cli/error.coffee b/src/cli/error.coffee
index 815902e..1112120 100644
--- a/src/cli/error.coffee
+++ b/src/cli/error.coffee
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ assembleError = ( ex ) ->
       msg = printf M2C( @msgs.themeHelperLoad.msg ), ex.glob
       etype = 'error'
 
+    when HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion
+      msg = printf M2C( @msgs.invalidSchemaVersion.msg ), ex.data
+      etype = 'error'
 
   msg: msg              # The error message to display
   withStack: withStack  # Whether to include the stack
diff --git a/src/cli/main.coffee b/src/cli/main.coffee
index bbcb67d..79b6f86 100644
--- a/src/cli/main.coffee
+++ b/src/cli/main.coffee
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ main = module.exports = ( rawArgs, exitCallback ) ->
   program
     .command('convert')
     .description('Convert a resume to/from FRESH or JSON RESUME format.')
+    .option('-f --format <fmt>', 'FRESH or JRS format and optional version', undefined)
     .action(->
       x = splitSrcDest.call( this );
       execute.call( this, x.src, x.dst, this.opts(), logMsg)
diff --git a/src/cli/msg.yml b/src/cli/msg.yml
index b7fe231..862dbba 100644
--- a/src/cli/msg.yml
+++ b/src/cli/msg.yml
@@ -137,3 +137,5 @@ errors:
       An error occurred while attempting to load the '%s' theme helper. Is the
       theme correctly installed?
     dummy: dontcare
+  invalidSchemaVersion:
+    msg: "'%s' is not recognized as a valid schema version."
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
index a17d9fd..d6b6bea 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
@@ -94,13 +94,26 @@ class FreshResume# extends AbstractResume
   ###*
   Save the sheet to disk in a specific format, either FRESH or JSON Resume.
   ###
-  saveAs: ( filename, format ) ->
-    if format != 'JRS'
+  saveAs: ( filename, format, version ) ->
+
+    # If format isn't specified, default to FRESH
+    safeFormat = (format || 'FRESH').trim()
+    safeVersion = version || "0"
+
+    # Validate against the FRESH version regex
+    # freshVersionReg = require '../utils/fresh-version-regex'
+    # if (not freshVersionReg().test( safeFormat ))
+    #   throw badVer: safeFormat
+
+    parts = safeFormat.split '@'
+    if parts[0] == 'FRESH'
       @imp.file = filename || @imp.file
       FS.writeFileSync @imp.file, @stringify(), 'utf8'
-    else
-      newRep = CONVERTER.toJRS this
+    else if parts[0] == 'JRS'
+      newRep = CONVERTER.toJRS @, null, if parts.length > 1 then parts[1] else "1"
       FS.writeFileSync filename, JRSResume.stringify( newRep ), 'utf8'
+    else
+      throw badVer: safeFormat
     @
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/status-codes.coffee b/src/core/status-codes.coffee
index 8252796..4a34cc9 100644
--- a/src/core/status-codes.coffee
+++ b/src/core/status-codes.coffee
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ module.exports =
   optionsFileNotFound: 28
   unknownSchema: 29
   themeHelperLoad: 30
+  invalidSchemaVersion: 31
diff --git a/src/verbs/convert.coffee b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
index 00272bf..7604034 100644
--- a/src/verbs/convert.coffee
+++ b/src/verbs/convert.coffee
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
   if srcs && dst && srcs.length && dst.length && srcs.length != dst.length
     @err HMSTATUS.inputOutputParity, { quit: true }
 
+  # Validate the destination format (if specified)
+  targetVer = null
+  if opts.format
+    fmtUp = opts.format.trim().toUpperCase()
+    freshVerRegex = require '../utils/fresh-version-regex'
+    matches = fmtUp.match freshVerRegex()
+    # null
+    # [ 'JRS@1.0', 'JRS', '1.0', index: 0, input: 'FRESH' ]
+    # [ 'FRESH', 'FRESH', undefined, index: 0, input: 'FRESH' ]
+    if not matches
+      @err HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion, data: opts.format.trim(), quit: true
+    targetSchema = matches[1]
+    targetVer = matches[2] || '1'
+
   # If any errors have occurred this early, we're done.
   if @hasError()
     @reject @errorCode
@@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
   results = _.map srcs, ( src, idx ) ->
 
     # Convert each resume in turn
-    r = _convertOne.call @, src, dst, idx
+    r = _convertOne.call @, src, dst, idx, targetSchema, targetVer
 
     # Handle conversion errors
     if r.fluenterror
@@ -74,12 +88,12 @@ _convert = ( srcs, dst, opts ) ->
 
 
 ###* Private workhorse method. Convert a single resume. ###
-_convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
+_convertOne = (src, dst, idx, targetSchema, targetVer) ->
 
   # Load the resume
   rinfo = ResumeFactory.loadOne src,
     format: null
-    objectify: true,
+    objectify: true
     inner:
       privatize: false
 
@@ -94,6 +108,8 @@ _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
     #@err rinfo.fluenterror, rinfo
     return rinfo
 
+  # Determine the resume's SOURCE format
+  # TODO: replace with detector component
   rez = rinfo.rez
   srcFmt = ''
   if rez.meta && rez.meta.format #&& rez.meta.format.substr(0, 5).toUpperCase() == 'FRESH'
@@ -104,8 +120,10 @@ _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
     rinfo.fluenterror = HMSTATUS.unknownSchema
     return rinfo
 
-  targetFormat = if srcFmt == 'JRS' then 'FRESH' else 'JRS'
+  # Determine the TARGET format for the conversion
+  targetFormat = targetSchema or (if srcFmt == 'JRS' then 'FRESH' else 'JRS')
 
+  # Fire the beforeConvert event
   this.stat HMEVENT.beforeConvert,
     srcFile: rinfo.file
     srcFmt: srcFmt
@@ -113,5 +131,9 @@ _convertOne = (src, dst, idx) ->
     dstFmt: targetFormat
 
   # Save it to the destination format
-  rez.saveAs dst[idx], targetFormat
+  try
+    rez.saveAs dst[idx], targetFormat, targetVer
+  catch err
+    if err.badVer
+      return fluenterror: HMSTATUS.invalidSchemaVersion, quit: true, data: err.badVer
   rez