diff --git a/pingus/src/pingus/pingus_main.cpp b/pingus/src/pingus/pingus_main.cpp

index 2e6935e..0b21e16 100644

--- a/pingus/src/pingus/pingus_main.cpp

+++ b/pingus/src/pingus/pingus_main.cpp

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ PingusMain::init_path_finder()

 void

 PingusMain::print_greeting_message()

 {

-  std::string greeting = "Welcome to Pingus "VERSION;

+  std::string greeting = "Welcome to Pingus " VERSION;

   greeting += "!";

   std::cout <<  greeting << std::endl;

   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < greeting.length(); ++i)

diff --git a/pingus/src/pingus/screens/pingus_menu.cpp b/pingus/src/pingus/screens/pingus_menu.cpp

index abf9b35..6a386be 100644

--- a/pingus/src/pingus/screens/pingus_menu.cpp

+++ b/pingus/src/pingus/screens/pingus_menu.cpp

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ PingusMenu::draw_background(DrawingContext& gc)

                          gc.get_height()/2 - 280));

   gc.print_left(Fonts::pingus_small, Vector2i(gc.get_width()/2 - 400 + 25, gc.get_height()-140),

-                "Pingus "VERSION" - Copyright (C) 1998-2011 Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmail.com>\n"

+                "Pingus " VERSION " - Copyright (C) 1998-2011 Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel@gmail.com>\n"

                 "See the file AUTHORS for a complete list of contributors.\n"

                 "Pingus comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are\n"

                 "welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details.\n");