=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/email/DefaultEmailService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/email/DefaultEmailService.java	2014-08-15 07:40:20 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/email/DefaultEmailService.java	2014-08-27 09:30:03 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.hisp.dhis.message.MessageSender;
 import org.hisp.dhis.setting.SystemSettingManager;
 import org.hisp.dhis.user.CurrentUserService;
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@
     @Override
     public void sendTestEmail( )
     {
-        String instanceName = systemSettingManager.getSystemSetting( SystemSettingManager.KEY_APPLICATION_TITLE ).toString();
+        String instanceName = StringUtils.trimToEmpty( (String) systemSettingManager.getSystemSetting( SystemSettingManager.KEY_APPLICATION_TITLE ) );
+        
         sendEmail( TEST_EMAIL_SUBJECT, TEST_EMAIL_TEXT + instanceName, null, currentUserService.getCurrentUser(), true );
     }
 }