diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java
index 5f6509060060760127cb32392239936bf65e88e9..d2678a5055ea41477e47ef59cd1313e9a4235fa1 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ public class I2PTunnelIRCClient extends I2PTunnelClientBase implements Runnable
                 "HELPME",
                 "RULES"
         };
+
+        if(field[0].length()==0)
+	    return null; // W T F?
+	
         
         if(field[0].charAt(0)==':')
             return null; // wtf
diff --git a/installer/resources/eepget b/installer/resources/eepget
index b45c2e590f3e2e43d43a3dbf6014bcb6bbba2151..56be6e028ffea97457f5002aa516bd22b772c7d4 100644
--- a/installer/resources/eepget
+++ b/installer/resources/eepget
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-java -cp lib/i2p.jar net.i2p.util.EepGet $*
+export I2P=~i2p/i2p
+java -cp $I2P/lib/i2p.jar net.i2p.util.EepGet $*