diff -r 032dac83798e -r 59ae6fa011ed src/buddy.c
--- a/src/buddy.c	Tue Apr 01 07:57:13 2003 +0000
+++ b/src/buddy.c	Tue Apr 01 08:05:00 2003 +0000
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 			idletime = g_strdup_printf(_("%dm"), imin);
 	}
 
-	if(b->alias)
+	if(b->alias && b->alias[0])
 		aliastext = g_markup_escape_text(b->alias, -1);
 
 	if(b->server_alias)