diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index ef8aa8a..20af30c 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -14301,7 +14301,7 @@ sub get_self_version {
 	if ( $patch ne '' ){
 		# for cases where it was for example: 00-b1 clean to -b1
 		$patch =~ s/^[0]+-?//;
-		$patch = "-$patch";
+		$patch = "-$patch" if $patch;
 	}
 	eval $end if $b_log;
 	return $self_version . $patch;