diff -ur xmms-shell-0.99.3.original/src/session.cc xmms-shell-0.99.3/src/session.cc
--- xmms-shell-0.99.3.original/src/session.cc	2002-10-22 19:45:55.000000000 -0400
+++ xmms-shell-0.99.3/src/session.cc	2004-01-25 20:46:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@
 {
     ensure_running();
 
-    return xmms_remote_get_skin(sid);
+    if (xmms_remote_get_skin(sid)) {
+    	return xmms_remote_get_skin(sid);
+    } else {
+    	return "";
+    }
 }
 
 #if HAVE_XMMS_REMOTE_GET_EQ