diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/Archives.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/Archives.kt
index 3d685865..5334e09f 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/Archives.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/Archives.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Archives {
         const val JAR_NAME_WITH_MAIN_CLASS = "jarNameWithMainClass"
 
         fun defaultArchiveName(project: Project) = project.name +
-            if (project.version == null || project.version == "") "" else "-${project.version}"
+            if (project.version.isNullOrBlank()) "" else "-${project.version}"
 
         fun generateArchive(project: Project,
                 context: KobaltContext,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Profiles.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Profiles.kt
index bb5ea346..b2cf1a5a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Profiles.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Profiles.kt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Profiles(val context: KobaltContext) {
                     val variable = if (match.first) match.second else oldMatch.second
 
                     if (oldMatch.first) {
-                        warn("Old profile syntax detected for \"$line\"," +
+                        warn("Old profile syntax detected for \"${line.trim()}\"," +
                                 " please update to \"val $variable by profile()\"")
                     }