diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
index 9cf28171fa5d885d2a4e0688a75669808ce9cfc9..455c170ba747dade83032571814310d88105e385 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelConnectClient.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class I2PTunnelConnectClient extends I2PTunnelHTTPClientBase implements R
                 // since we are passing the stream on to I2PTunnelRunner
                 line = DataHelper.readLine(in);
                 if(line == null) {
-                    line = ''; // prevent NPE, Is this what we need to do?
+                    line = ""; // prevent NPE, Is this what we need to do?
                 }
                 line = line.trim();
                 if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG))
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index a6204817e3d9e640632604f1432a96320e1992ce..f2522cd4ed540000a936a603d4922f4a287ece1f 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 8;
+    public final static long BUILD = 9;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";