diff --git a/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl b/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
index bf13bc7aa..b07374ca7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
+++ b/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The intent you use to reach the service should look like this:
 
 Once you have bound to the service you should register your broadcast receivers per https://developer.android.com/guide/components/broadcasts#context-registered-receivers
 
-    // com.geeksville.com.geeksville.mesh.x broadcast intents, where x is:
+    // com.geeksville.mesh.x broadcast intents, where x is:
     // RECEIVED_DATA  for data received from other nodes.  payload will contain a DataPacket
     // NODE_CHANGE  for new IDs appearing or disappearing
     // CONNECTION_CHANGED for losing/gaining connection to the packet radio
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
index a673dd6e8..a73508656 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fun getInitials(nameIn: String): String {
 
     val initials = when (words.size) {
         in 0..minchars - 1 -> {
-            val nm = name.filterNot { c -> c.toLowerCase() in "aeiou" }
+            val nm = name.first() + name.drop(1).filterNot { c -> c.toLowerCase() in "aeiou" }
             if (nm.length >= nchars) nm else name
         }
         else -> words.map { it.first() }.joinToString("")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SafeBluetooth.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SafeBluetooth.kt
index 9bdeda6ae..ee460c9ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SafeBluetooth.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SafeBluetooth.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import android.content.Context
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.DeadObjectException
 import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
 import com.geeksville.android.GeeksvilleApplication
 import com.geeksville.android.Logging
 import com.geeksville.concurrent.CallbackContinuation
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class SafeBluetooth(private val context: Context, private val device: BluetoothD
      * skanky hack to restart BLE if it says it is hosed
      * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35103701/ble-android-onconnectionstatechange-not-being-called
      */
-    private val mHandler: Handler = Handler()
+    private val mHandler: Handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
 
     fun restartBle() {
         GeeksvilleApplication.analytics.track("ble_restart") // record # of times we needed to use this nasty hack