diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f9694e..47677f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>nl.andrewlalis</groupId>
     <artifactId>BlockBookBinder</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.3.1</version>
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/BlockBookBinder.java b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/BlockBookBinder.java
index f4af3b8..63ff837 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/BlockBookBinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/BlockBookBinder.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder;
 
 import com.formdev.flatlaf.FlatDarkLaf;
-import nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder.util.VersionReader;
 import nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder.view.MainFrame;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  * The main class for the application.
  */
 public class BlockBookBinder {
-	public static final String VERSION = VersionReader.getVersion();
-
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
 			FlatDarkLaf.setup();
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/control/source/CompileFromSourceAction.java b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/control/source/CompileFromSourceAction.java
index 382ed58..4c2b55c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/control/source/CompileFromSourceAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/control/source/CompileFromSourceAction.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder.view.SourceTextPanel;
 import nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder.view.book.BookPreviewPanel;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 
 public class CompileFromSourceAction extends AbstractAction {
@@ -26,12 +27,22 @@ public class CompileFromSourceAction extends AbstractAction {
 
 	@Override
 	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-		this.bookPreviewPanel.setBook(
+		String text = this.sourceTextPanel.getSourceText();
+		if (text.isBlank()) {
+			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
+					SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor((Component) e.getSource()),
+					"No source text to compile.\nEnter some text into the \"Source Text\" panel first.",
+					"No Source Text",
+					JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE
+			);
+		} else {
+			this.bookPreviewPanel.setBook(
 				new BookBuilder(
-						ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_lines"),
-						ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_chars"),
-						ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_width")
+					ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_lines"),
+					ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_chars"),
+					ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("book.page_max_width")
 				).addText(this.sourceTextPanel.getSourceText()).build()
-		);
+			);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/util/VersionReader.java b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/util/VersionReader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bc34580..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/util/VersionReader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package nl.andrewlalis.blockbookbinder.util;
-
-import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
-import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-
-public class VersionReader {
-	public static String getVersion() {
-		MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
-		try {
-			Model model;
-			if ((new File("pom.xml")).exists()) {
-				model = reader.read(new FileReader("pom.xml"));
-			} else {
-				model = reader.read(new InputStreamReader(
-						VersionReader.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/maven/nl.andrewlalis/BlockBookBinder/pom.xml")
-				));
-			}
-			return model.getVersion();
-		} catch (IOException | XmlPullParserException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			return "Unknown";
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/view/MainFrame.java b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/view/MainFrame.java
index e54682e..5f5b028 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/view/MainFrame.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/andrewlalis/blockbookbinder/view/MainFrame.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class MainFrame extends JFrame {
 				ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("frame.default_width"),
 				ApplicationProperties.getIntProp("frame.default_height")
 		));
-		this.setTitle(ApplicationProperties.getProp("frame.title") + " Version " + BlockBookBinder.VERSION);
+		this.setTitle(ApplicationProperties.getProp("frame.title") + " Version " + ApplicationProperties.getProp("version"));
 		this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
 		final URL iconUrl = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("images/book_and_quill.png");
 		if (iconUrl != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index af77fad..b4ed43c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=1.3.0
+version=1.3.1
 
 # Settings for the application's GUI.
 frame.title=Block Book Binder