diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8560141..d754691 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("akashi");
-    QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion("apricot r2 prerelease");
+    QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion("apricot r2");
     std::atexit(cleanup);
 
     ConfigManager config_manager;
diff --git a/src/packets.cpp b/src/packets.cpp
index c0a0ef4..37e5ead 100644
--- a/src/packets.cpp
+++ b/src/packets.cpp
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ AOPacket AOClient::validateIcPacket(AOPacket packet)
     if (incoming_args.length() > 15) {
         // showname
         QString incoming_showname = dezalgo(incoming_args[15].toString().trimmed());
+        if (incoming_showname.length() == 0)
+            incoming_showname = " ";
         args.append(incoming_showname);
         showname = incoming_showname;