diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34452cec6..9727aba3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>proxy</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.1</version>
+    <version>0.3.2</version>
     <name>DragonProxy</name>
     <groupId>org.dragonet.proxy</groupId>
   
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/data/entity/meta/EntityMetaData.java b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/data/entity/meta/EntityMetaData.java
index 87dd458ac..78c990614 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/data/entity/meta/EntityMetaData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/data/entity/meta/EntityMetaData.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public static EntityMetaData createDefault() {
         data.setGenericFlag(Constants.DATA_FLAG_CAN_CLIMB, true);
         data.set(Constants.DATA_AIR, new ShortMeta((short) 400));
         data.set(Constants.DATA_MAX_AIR, new ShortMeta((short) 400));
-        data.set(Constants.DATA_NAMETAG, new ByteArrayMeta(""));
+        // data.set(Constants.DATA_NAMETAG, new ByteArrayMeta(""));
         data.set(Constants.DATA_LEAD_HOLDER_EID, new LongMeta(-1L));
         data.set(Constants.DATA_SCALE, new FloatMeta(1.0f));
 //		data.set(Constants.DATA_BED_POSITION, new BlockPositionMeta(new BlockPosition(0, 0, 0)));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/EntityMetaTranslator.java b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/EntityMetaTranslator.java
index c9013c3a3..a51c3a509 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/EntityMetaTranslator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/EntityMetaTranslator.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static EntityMetaData translateToPE(UpstreamSession session, EntityMetada
                         peMeta.set(EntityMetaData.Constants.DATA_AIR, new ShortMeta(((Integer) m.getValue()).shortValue()));
                         break;
                     case 2:// Name tag
-                        if ((String) m.getValue() != "") {
+                        if (!m.getValue().equals("")) {
                             peMeta.set(EntityMetaData.Constants.DATA_NAMETAG, new ByteArrayMeta((String) m.getValue()));
                         }
                         break;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/pc/PCPlayerPositionRotationPacketTranslator.java b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/pc/PCPlayerPositionRotationPacketTranslator.java
index 355158a9c..af5865789 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/pc/PCPlayerPositionRotationPacketTranslator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/network/translator/pc/PCPlayerPositionRotationPacketTranslator.java
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ public PEPacket[] translate(UpstreamSession session, ServerPlayerPositionRotatio
                     pkAddPlayer.pitch = entity.pitch;
                     pkAddPlayer.username = playerListEntry.getProfile().getName();
 
-                    pkAddPlayer.meta = EntityMetaTranslator.translateToPE(session, entity.pcMeta, EntityType.PLAYER);
+					// TODO: this does not work well yet
+                    // pkAddPlayer.meta = EntityMetaTranslator.translateToPE(session, entity.pcMeta, EntityType.PLAYER);
+
+					pkAddPlayer.meta = EntityMetaData.createDefault();
                     pkAddPlayer.meta.set(EntityMetaData.Constants.DATA_NAMETAG, new ByteArrayMeta(playerListEntry.getProfile().getName())); //hacky for now
 
                     PlayerSkinPacket skin = new PlayerSkinPacket(entity.playerUniqueId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/utilities/Versioning.java b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/utilities/Versioning.java
index 1b1d05c60..1fa5dedc9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/utilities/Versioning.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dragonet/proxy/utilities/Versioning.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 public class Versioning {
 
-    public static final String RELEASE_VERSION = "0.3.1";
+    public static final String RELEASE_VERSION = "0.3.2";
     public static final String MINECRAFT_PC_VERSION = "1.12.2";
     // public static final int MINECRAFT_PC_PROTOCOL = 47;
     // This is STRICT to MCPE binary's definition, DO NOT CHANGE