diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/I2PTunnelIRCClient.java
index 5f6509060..d2678a505 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 b45c2e590..56be6e028 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 $*