diff --git a/hgsane/sane_hg_mdw.cpp b/hgsane/sane_hg_mdw.cpp
index 2ae4a05..a8019eb 100644
--- a/hgsane/sane_hg_mdw.cpp
+++ b/hgsane/sane_hg_mdw.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 #define iconv_t void*
 #endif
 
-static std::string g_sane_path = "";
+static std::string g_sane_path("");
+static std::string g_sane_name(GET_BACKEND_NAME);
 
 namespace local_utility
 {
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ hg_sane_middleware::hg_sane_middleware(void) : opt_0_(nullptr), std_opt_(nullptr
 
 	sprintf(sane_ver, "%u.%u.%u", SANE_CURRENT_MAJOR, SANE_CURRENT_MINOR, VERSION_BUILD);
 	signal(SIGUSR1, &hg_sane_middleware::device_pnp);
-	hg_scanner_set_sane_info(GET_BACKEND_NAME, sane_ver);
+	hg_scanner_set_sane_info(g_sane_name.c_str(), sane_ver);
 	hg_scanner_initialize(local_utility::ui_cb, NULL);
 	
 #ifndef WIN32
@@ -2037,8 +2038,11 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
 			GetModuleFileNameA(inst, path, _countof(path) - 1);
 			if (strrchr(path, '\\'))
 			{
+				g_sane_name = strrchr(path, '\\') + 1;
 				strrchr(path, '\\')[1] = 0;
 				g_sane_path = path;
+				if (g_sane_name.rfind('.') != std::string::npos)
+					g_sane_name.erase(g_sane_name.rfind('.'));
 			}
 		}
 	}