diff --git a/ebin/gmhive_client.app b/ebin/gmhive_client.app
index a3b99a8..2ffc191 100644
--- a/ebin/gmhive_client.app
+++ b/ebin/gmhive_client.app
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {application,gmhive_client,
              [{description,"Gajumaru Hive Client"},
-              {vsn,"0.4.4"},
+              {vsn,"0.4.5"},
               {registered,[]},
               {applications,[kernel,stdlib,sasl,gproc,inets,ssl,enoise,
                              gmconfig,gmhive_protocol,gmhive_worker]},
diff --git a/src/gmhc_server.erl b/src/gmhc_server.erl
index af16c4e..ce7400d 100644
--- a/src/gmhc_server.erl
+++ b/src/gmhc_server.erl
@@ -107,13 +107,16 @@ handle_cast({from_pool, #{via := Connector,
     %% We could check whether we have already received the candidate ...
     %% For now, stop all workers, restart with new candidate
     try
-        % Most of the time we don't want to stop the worker. If we do, though, then
-        % we need to do it more carefully than this, or memory usage will triple.
-        % Workers1 = stop_workers(Workers),
-        {Workers2, Cand1} = assign_nonces(Workers, Cand),
-        #st{candidate = Cand2} = S1 = maybe_request_nonces(S#st{candidate = Cand1}),
-        NewWorkers = [spawn_worker(W, Cand2) || W <- Workers2],
-        {noreply, S1#st{workers = NewWorkers}}
+        %% Most of the time we don't want to stop the worker. If we do, though, then
+        %% we need to do it more carefully than this, or memory usage will triple.
+        %% Workers1 = stop_workers(Workers),
+        %%
+        %% Nonces may be [], in which case we need to request new nonces first.
+        #st{candidate = Cand1} = S1 = maybe_request_nonces(S#st{candidate = Cand}),
+        {Workers2, Cand2} = assign_nonces(Workers, Cand1),
+        #st{candidate = Cand3} = S2 = maybe_request_nonces(S1#st{candidate = Cand2}),
+        NewWorkers = [spawn_worker(W, Cand3) || W <- Workers2],
+        {noreply, S2#st{workers = NewWorkers}}
     catch
        Cat:Err:St ->
            ?LOG_ERROR("CAUGHT ~p:~p / ~p", [Cat, Err, St]),
diff --git a/zomp.meta b/zomp.meta
index 93a4a7a..b85d6d4 100644
--- a/zomp.meta
+++ b/zomp.meta
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 {type,app}.
 {modules,[]}.
 {prefix,"gmhc"}.
-{desc,"Gajumaru Hive Client"}.
 {author,"Ulf Wiger, QPQ AG"}.
-{package_id,{"uwiger","gmhive_client",{0,4,4}}}.
+{desc,"Gajumaru Hive Client"}.
+{package_id,{"uwiger","gmhive_client",{0,4,5}}}.
 {deps,[{"uwiger","gmcuckoo",{1,2,3}},
        {"uwiger","gmhive_worker",{0,3,0}},
        {"otpr","eblake2",{1,0,1}},