diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index 044b27b0..3cbe8f98 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (0, 8, 2)
+VERSION = (0, 8, 3)
 CODENAME = "discovery"
 BUILD_DT = (2021, 2, 22)
 
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 38f3d85c..bf504984 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         if self.writable:
             perms.append("write")
 
-        logues = [None, None]
+        logues = ["", ""]
         for n, fn in enumerate([".prologue.html", ".epilogue.html"]):
             fn = os.path.join(abspath, fn)
             if os.path.exists(fsenc(fn)):