diff --git a/loader/gamedll.cpp b/loader/gamedll.cpp
index 49832bf..f9ebdde 100644
--- a/loader/gamedll.cpp
+++ b/loader/gamedll.cpp
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ mm_DetectGameInformation()
 
 	game_info_detected = -1;
 
-	if (!mm_GetGameName(game_name, sizeof(game_name)))
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
+	mm_GetGameName(game_name, sizeof(game_name));
 
 	if (!mm_GetFileOfAddress((void*)mm_DetectGameInformation, mm_path, sizeof(mm_path)))
 	{
diff --git a/loader/loader.cpp b/loader/loader.cpp
index 62ee44f..52acf59 100644
--- a/loader/loader.cpp
+++ b/loader/loader.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ mm_GetProcAddress(const char *name)
 	return mm_GetLibAddress(mm_library, name);
 }
 
-bool
+void
 mm_GetGameName(char *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	buffer[0] = '\0';
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ mm_GetGameName(char *buffer, size_t size)
 
 	LocalFree(wargv);
 
-	return buffer[0] != 0;
 #elif defined __APPLE__
 	int argc = *_NSGetArgc();
 	char **argv = *_NSGetArgv();
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ mm_GetGameName(char *buffer, size_t size)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return buffer[0] != 0;
 #elif defined __linux__
 	FILE *pFile = fopen("/proc/self/cmdline", "rb");
 	if (!pFile)
@@ -262,10 +260,14 @@ mm_GetGameName(char *buffer, size_t size)
 	free(arg);
 	fclose(pFile);
 
-	return buffer[0] != 0;
 #else
 #error unsupported platform
 #endif
+
+	if (buffer[0] == 0)
+	{
+		strncpy(buffer, ".", size);
+	}
 }
 
 MetamodBackend
diff --git a/loader/loader.h b/loader/loader.h
index 0a50d96..f638023 100644
--- a/loader/loader.h
+++ b/loader/loader.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ mm_UnloadMetamodLibrary();
 extern void
 mm_LogFatal(const char *message, ...);
 
-extern bool
+extern void
 mm_GetGameName(char *buffer, size_t size);
 
 extern MetamodBackend
diff --git a/loader/serverplugin.cpp b/loader/serverplugin.cpp
index 5cdee6c..b54d763 100644
--- a/loader/serverplugin.cpp
+++ b/loader/serverplugin.cpp
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ public:
 		/* Backend should already filled in if loaded as gamedll */
 		if (gamedll_bridge == NULL)
 		{
-			if (!mm_GetGameName(game_name, sizeof(game_name)))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
+			mm_GetGameName(game_name, sizeof(game_name));
 
 			mm_backend = mm_DetermineBackend(engineFactory, game_name);
 		}