diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/LokiAPIDatabase.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/LokiAPIDatabase.kt
index 68e344b8fe..f1f999242c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/LokiAPIDatabase.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/LokiAPIDatabase.kt
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ class LokiAPIDatabase(context: Context, helper: SQLCipherOpenHelper) : Database(
 
         const val RESET_SEQ_NO = "UPDATE $lastMessageServerIDTable SET $lastMessageServerID = 0;"
 
+        const val EMPTY_VERSION = "0.0.0"
+
         // endregion
     }
 
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ class LokiAPIDatabase(context: Context, helper: SQLCipherOpenHelper) : Database(
                 val port = components.getOrNull(1)?.toIntOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
                 val ed25519Key = components.getOrNull(2) ?: return@mapNotNull null
                 val x25519Key = components.getOrNull(3) ?: return@mapNotNull null
-                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: "0.0.0"
+                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: EMPTY_VERSION
                 Snode(address, port, Snode.KeySet(ed25519Key, x25519Key), version)
             }
         }?.toSet() ?: setOf()
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ class LokiAPIDatabase(context: Context, helper: SQLCipherOpenHelper) : Database(
                 val port = components.getOrNull(1)?.toIntOrNull()
                 val ed25519Key = components.getOrNull(2)
                 val x25519Key = components.getOrNull(3)
-                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: "0.0.0"
+                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: EMPTY_VERSION
                 if (port != null && ed25519Key != null && x25519Key != null) {
                     Snode(address, port, Snode.KeySet(ed25519Key, x25519Key), version)
                 } else {
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ class LokiAPIDatabase(context: Context, helper: SQLCipherOpenHelper) : Database(
                 val port = components.getOrNull(1)?.toIntOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
                 val ed25519Key = components.getOrNull(2) ?: return@mapNotNull null
                 val x25519Key = components.getOrNull(3) ?: return@mapNotNull null
-                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: "0.0.0"
+                val version = components.getOrNull(4) ?: EMPTY_VERSION
                 Snode(address, port, Snode.KeySet(ed25519Key, x25519Key), version)
             }
         }?.toSet()
diff --git a/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/snode/SnodeAPI.kt b/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/snode/SnodeAPI.kt
index 9ba49e2b19..9b008fad06 100644
--- a/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/snode/SnodeAPI.kt
+++ b/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/snode/SnodeAPI.kt
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ object SnodeAPI {
     const val KEY_ED25519 = "pubkey_ed25519"
     const val KEY_VERSION = "storage_server_version"
 
+    const val EMPTY_VERSION = "0.0.0"
+
     // Error
     internal sealed class Error(val description: String) : Exception(description) {
         object Generic : Error("An error occurred.")
@@ -744,7 +746,7 @@ object SnodeAPI {
                 val x25519Key = rawSnodeAsJSON?.get(KEY_X25519) as? String
 
                 if (address != null && port != null && ed25519Key != null && x25519Key != null && address != "0.0.0.0") {
-                    Snode("https://$address", port, Snode.KeySet(ed25519Key, x25519Key), "0.0.0")
+                    Snode("https://$address", port, Snode.KeySet(ed25519Key, x25519Key), EMPTY_VERSION)
                 } else {
                     Log.d("Loki", "Failed to parse snode from: ${rawSnode?.prettifiedDescription()}.")
                     null