diff --git a/src/client/clientlauncher.cpp b/src/client/clientlauncher.cpp
index ee8662ed6..a0781ef37 100644
--- a/src/client/clientlauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/client/clientlauncher.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "fontengine.h"
 #include "joystick_controller.h"
 #include "clientlauncher.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 /* mainmenumanager.h
  */
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ bool ClientLauncher::run(GameParams &game_params, const Settings &cmd_args)
 	{
 		// Set the window caption
 		const wchar_t *text = wgettext("Main Menu");
-		device->setWindowCaption((utf8_to_wide(PROJECT_NAME_C) + L" [" + text + L"]").c_str());
+		device->setWindowCaption((utf8_to_wide(PROJECT_NAME_C) +
+			L" " + utf8_to_wide(g_version_hash) +
+			L" [" + text + L"]").c_str());
 		delete[] text;
 
 		try {	// This is used for catching disconnects
diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index ba77d299a..93d9e6d2c 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -1273,10 +1273,10 @@ static void updateChat(Client &client, f32 dtime, bool show_debug,
 	setStaticText(guitext_chat, recent_chat);
 
 	// Update gui element size and position
-	s32 chat_y = 5 + line_height;
+	s32 chat_y = 5;
 
 	if (show_debug)
-		chat_y += line_height;
+		chat_y += 2 * line_height;
 
 	// first pass to calculate height of text to be set
 	s32 width = std::min(g_fontengine->getTextWidth(recent_chat.c_str()) + 10,
@@ -2205,6 +2205,8 @@ bool Game::createClient(const std::string &playername,
 	/* Set window caption
 	 */
 	std::wstring str = utf8_to_wide(PROJECT_NAME_C);
+	str += L" ";
+	str += utf8_to_wide(g_version_hash);
 	str += L" [";
 	str += driver->getName();
 	str += L"]";
@@ -4347,11 +4349,6 @@ void Game::updateGui(float *statustext_time, const RunStats &stats,
 		   << ", RTT = " << client->getRTT();
 		setStaticText(guitext, utf8_to_wide(os.str()).c_str());
 		guitext->setVisible(true);
-	} else if (flags.show_hud || flags.show_chat) {
-		std::ostringstream os(std::ios_base::binary);
-		os << PROJECT_NAME_C " " << g_version_hash;
-		setStaticText(guitext, utf8_to_wide(os.str()).c_str());
-		guitext->setVisible(true);
 	} else {
 		guitext->setVisible(false);
 	}
diff --git a/src/guiEngine.cpp b/src/guiEngine.cpp
index b9d796ccb..e15533dcd 100644
--- a/src/guiEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/guiEngine.cpp
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ GUIEngine::GUIEngine(	irr::IrrlichtDevice* dev,
 		m_sound_manager = &dummySoundManager;
 
 	//create topleft header
-	m_toplefttext = utf8_to_wide(std::string(PROJECT_NAME_C " ") +
-			g_version_hash);
+	m_toplefttext = L"";
 
 	core::rect<s32> rect(0, 0, g_fontengine->getTextWidth(m_toplefttext.c_str()),
 		g_fontengine->getTextHeight());
@@ -571,18 +570,9 @@ bool GUIEngine::downloadFile(std::string url, std::string target)
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/
-void GUIEngine::setTopleftText(std::string append)
+void GUIEngine::setTopleftText(const std::string &text)
 {
-	std::wstring toset = utf8_to_wide(std::string(PROJECT_NAME_C " ") +
-		g_version_hash);
-
-	if (append != "")
-	{
-		toset += L" / ";
-		toset += utf8_to_wide(append);
-	}
-
-	m_toplefttext = toset;
+	m_toplefttext = utf8_to_wide(text);
 
 	updateTopLeftTextSize();
 }
diff --git a/src/guiEngine.h b/src/guiEngine.h
index a59436953..897244808 100644
--- a/src/guiEngine.h
+++ b/src/guiEngine.h
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ private:
 	void drawVersion();
 
 	/**
-	 * specify text to be appended to version string
+	 * specify text to appear as top left string
 	 * @param text to set
 	 */
-	void setTopleftText(std::string append);
+	void setTopleftText(const std::string &text);
 
 	/** pointer to gui element shown at topleft corner */
 	irr::gui::IGUIStaticText*	m_irr_toplefttext;