diff --git a/src/bgl_babylon.cc b/src/bgl_babylon.cc
index 8ae6b7bc..a74ae6cb 100644
--- a/src/bgl_babylon.cc
+++ b/src/bgl_babylon.cc
@@ -551,6 +551,11 @@ bgl_entry Babylon::readEntry( ResourceHandler * resourceHandler )
 
         if( block.length ) free( block.data );
 
+        // Some dictionaries can in fact have an empty headword, so we
+        // make it non-empty here to differentiate between the end of entries.
+        if ( entry.headword.empty() )
+          entry.headword += ' ';
+
         return entry;
 
         break;
diff --git a/src/bgl_babylon.hh b/src/bgl_babylon.hh
index c4fa412b..cf7b535a 100644
--- a/src/bgl_babylon.hh
+++ b/src/bgl_babylon.hh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public:
     
     enum
     {
-      ParserVersion = 8
+      ParserVersion = 9
     };
 
 private: