diff --git a/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py b/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py
index c77367e..815a964 100644
--- a/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py
+++ b/mugshot/MugshotWindow.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class MugshotWindow(Window):
                     data[key] = dataset[key]
 
         # Then get data from dconf
-        if len(self.settings['initials']) > len(data['initials']):
+        if len(self.settings['initials']) > 0:
             data['initials'] = self.settings['initials']
         if len(data['email']) == 0:
             data['email'] = self.settings['email']
diff --git a/po/mugshot.pot b/po/mugshot.pot
index 5f5fd14..00f6cef 100644
--- a/po/mugshot.pot
+++ b/po/mugshot.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-06 05:44-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-08-06 05:56-0400\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"