diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/Version.java b/app/src/main/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/Version.java
index 08312729..908d0457 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/Version.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/Version.java
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public class Version {
 
 		final Pattern patternNumberDotNumber = Pattern.compile("^\\d+(\\.(\\d)+)*");
 
+		if(raw.isEmpty()) {
+			raw = "0";
+		}
+
 		if(!valid(raw)) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid version format: " + raw);
 		}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/VersionTest.java b/app/src/test/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/VersionTest.java
index 34bada6b..ccce0fbc 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/VersionTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/mian/gitnex/helpers/VersionTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class VersionTest {
 		assertTrue(new Version("1.12.0").equal("v1.12"));
 		assertTrue(new Version("v1.12.0").equal("1.12.0"));
 		assertTrue(new Version("0").equal("0"));
+		assertTrue(new Version("").equal("0"));
 
 		assertFalse(new Version("1.12.1").equal("1.12.0+dev-211-g316db0fe7"));
 		assertFalse(new Version("v1.12.0").equal("1.10.0"));
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class VersionTest {
 	@Test
 	public void less() {
 
+		assertTrue(new Version("").less("1.11.0"));
 		assertTrue(new Version("1.11.0").less("1.12"));
 		assertTrue(new Version("v1.11").less("1.12.0+dev-211-g316db0fe7"));
 		assertTrue(new Version("1.12.0").less("v2"));