diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 80f822a62..6778445bf 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1619,6 +1619,8 @@ javax.swing.event, javax.swing.border"/>
                 prefix="net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker" />
             <zipfileset dir="${resources}/languages/plugin/updatechecker"
                 prefix="resources/languages/plugin/updatechecker"/>
+            <zipfileset dir="${resources}" includes="application.properties"
+                prefix="resources"/>
         </jar>
     </target>
     
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/Resources.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/Resources.java
index 41a7629d7..73d4cd25e 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/Resources.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/Resources.java
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ public class Resources
     
     private static final String LANG_BUNDLE_NAME 
         = "resources.languages.plugin.updatechecker.resources";
+    
+    private static final String BUNDLE_APP_NAME
+        = "resources.application";
 
     private static final ResourceBundle langBundle = ResourceBundle
         .getBundle(LANG_BUNDLE_NAME);
+    
+    private static final ResourceBundle APP_PROPERTIES_BUNDLE = ResourceBundle
+            .getBundle( BUNDLE_APP_NAME);
 
     /**
      * Returns an internationalized string corresponding to the given key.
@@ -78,4 +84,24 @@ public static String getLangString(String key)
             return null;
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns an string corresponding to the given key.
+     * 
+     * @param key The key of the string.
+     * @return An string corresponding to the given key.
+     */
+    public static String getAppPropString(String key)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return APP_PROPERTIES_BUNDLE.getString(key);
+        }
+        catch (MissingResourceException e)
+        {
+            logger.error("Missing resources.", e);
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/UpdateCheckActivator.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/UpdateCheckActivator.java
index f83c5b087..d4fa543f8 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/UpdateCheckActivator.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/updatechecker/UpdateCheckActivator.java
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ public void start(BundleContext bundleContext) throws Exception
         
         String dialogMsg = MessageFormat.format(
                 Resources.getLangString("dialogMessage1"),
-                ver.getApplicationName());
+                Resources.getAppPropString("applicationName"));
         
         if(lastVersion != null)
             dialogMsg += MessageFormat.format(
                 Resources.getLangString("dialogMessage2"),
-                ver.getApplicationName(), lastVersion);
+                Resources.getAppPropString("applicationName"), lastVersion);
         
         contentMessage.setText(dialogMsg);