diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b4cb77..140d73a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # information. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([Project: Starfighter], [1.7], [onpon4@riseup.net], [starfighter])
+AC_INIT([Project: Starfighter], [1.7.1-dev], [onpon4@riseup.net], [starfighter])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Starfighter.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/src/gfx.cpp b/src/gfx.cpp
index 79b08db..f6a2b7c 100644
--- a/src/gfx.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx.cpp
@@ -346,8 +346,14 @@ SDL_Surface *gfx_createTextSurface(const char *inString, int color)
 
 void gfx_createTextObject(int index, const char *inString, int x, int y, int fontColor)
 {
+	// Reset the life of the text object
+	gfx_textSprites[index].life = 0;
+
 	/* Shortcut: if we already rendered the same string in the same color, don't render it again. */
-	if(gfx_textSprites[index].text && gfx_textSprites[index].image && gfx_textSprites[index].fontColor == fontColor && !strcmp(gfx_textSprites[index].text, inString)) {
+	if (gfx_textSprites[index].text && gfx_textSprites[index].image &&
+			gfx_textSprites[index].fontColor == fontColor &&
+			!strcmp(gfx_textSprites[index].text, inString))
+	{
 		gfx_textSprites[index].x = x;
 		gfx_textSprites[index].y = y;
 		if (x == -1)