diff --git a/games/jin/jin.SlackBuild b/games/jin/jin.SlackBuild
index 4c58fe0973..6725039b71 100644
--- a/games/jin/jin.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/jin/jin.SlackBuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 set -e
 
 PRGNAM=jin
-VERSION=2.14.1
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.14.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/games/jin/jin.desktop b/games/jin/jin.desktop
index 1ec4e79128..fa886bc043 100644
--- a/games/jin/jin.desktop
+++ b/games/jin/jin.desktop
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=Jin Chess
 GenericName=Chess Client
 Comment=Graphical Client for Chess Servers
@@ -8,4 +7,4 @@ Path=/usr/share/lib/jin
 Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/jin.png
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
-Categories=Game;Games;BoardGame
+Categories=Game;BoardGame;