diff --git a/base b/base
index 44f88d93d..3deb3dafe 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 44f88d93db67117409c7b6734776961738f1f180
+Subproject commit 3deb3dafe137f57bde6ab1ca3a0f96af2c477597
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/common_info_menu_table.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/common_info_menu_table.lua
index faa96f9d2..3af906aaa 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/common_info_menu_table.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/common_info_menu_table.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local Device = require("device")
 local Event = require("ui/event")
 local InfoMessage = require("ui/widget/infomessage")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
+local Version = require("version")
 local _ = require("gettext")
 local T = require("ffi/util").template
 
@@ -12,13 +13,12 @@ if Device:hasOTAUpdates() then
     local OTAManager = require("ui/otamanager")
     common_info.ota_update = OTAManager:getOTAMenuTable()
 end
-local version = require("version"):getCurrentRevision()
 common_info.version = {
-    text = _("Version"),
+    text = T(_("Version: %1"), Version:getShortVersion()),
     keep_menu_open = true,
     callback = function()
         UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
-            text = version,
+            text = Version:getCurrentRevision(),
         })
     end
 }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ common_info.about = {
     keep_menu_open = true,
     callback = function()
         UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
-            text = T(_("KOReader %1\n\nA document viewer for E Ink devices.\n\nLicensed under Affero GPL v3. All dependencies are free software.\n\nhttp://koreader.rocks/"), BD.ltr(version)),
+            text = T(_("KOReader %1\n\nA document viewer for E Ink devices.\n\nLicensed under Affero GPL v3. All dependencies are free software.\n\nhttp://koreader.rocks/"), BD.ltr(Version:getCurrentRevision())),
             icon_file = "resources/ko-icon.png",
             alpha = true,
         })
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ common_info.report_bug = {
     callback = function()
         UIManager:show(InfoMessage:new{
             text = T(_("Please report bugs to \nhttps://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues\n\nVersion:\n%1\n\nDetected device:\n%2"),
-                version, Device:info()),
+                Version:getCurrentRevision(), Device:info()),
         })
     end
 }
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
index 7e4017e17..c073e8c64 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
@@ -139,11 +139,9 @@ local order = {
         "----------------------------",
         "collections",
         "----------------------------",
-        "system_statistics",
-        "mass_storage_actions",
+        "mass_storage_actions", -- if Device:canToggleMassStorage()
         "----------------------------",
         "ota_update", -- if Device:hasOTAUpdates()
-        "version",
         "help",
         "----------------------------",
         "exit_menu",
@@ -153,6 +151,8 @@ local order = {
         "----------------------------",
         "report_bug",
         "----------------------------",
+        "system_statistics", -- if enabled (Plugin)
+        "version",
         "about",
     },
     plus_menu = {},
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
index f2f9736c3..5dd3b944b 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
@@ -166,11 +166,9 @@ local order = {
         "book_status",
         "book_info",
         "----------------------------",
-        "system_statistics",
-        "mass_storage_actions",
+        "mass_storage_actions", -- if Device:canToggleMassStorage()
         "----------------------------",
         "ota_update", -- if Device:hasOTAUpdates()
-        "version",
         "help",
         "----------------------------",
         "exit_menu",
@@ -180,6 +178,8 @@ local order = {
         "----------------------------",
         "report_bug",
         "----------------------------",
+        "system_statistics",  -- if enabled (Plugin)
+        "version",
         "about",
     },
     exit_menu = {
diff --git a/frontend/version.lua b/frontend/version.lua
index 6430d1bb4..9b3353681 100644
--- a/frontend/version.lua
+++ b/frontend/version.lua
@@ -50,4 +50,21 @@ function Version:getNormalizedCurrentVersion()
     return self.version, self.commit
 end
 
+--- Returns current version of KOReader, in short form.
+-- @treturn string version, without the git details (i.e., at most YYYY.MM.P-R)
+function Version:getShortVersion()
+    if not self.short then
+        local rev = self:getCurrentRevision()
+        local year, month, point, revision = rev:match("v(%d%d%d%d)%.(%d%d)%.?(%d?%d?)-?(%d*)")
+        self.short = year .. "." .. month
+        if point then
+            self.short = self.short .. "." .. point
+        end
+        if revision then
+            self.short = self.short .. "-" .. revision
+        end
+    end
+    return self.short
+end
+
 return Version
diff --git a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
index b80e20989..922890b92 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
@@ -363,7 +363,10 @@ while [ ${RETURN_VALUE} -ne 0 ]; do
     if [ ${RETURN_VALUE} -eq ${KO_RC_USBMS} ]; then
         # User requested an USBMS session, setup the tool outside of onboard
         mkdir -p "/tmp/usbms"
-        ./tar xzf "./data/KoboUSBMS.tar.gz" -C "/tmp/usbms"
+        if ! ./tar xzf "./data/KoboUSBMS.tar.gz" -C "/tmp/usbms"; then
+            echo "Couldn't unpack KoboUSBMS to /tmp/usbms, restarting KOReader . . ." >>crash.log 2>&1
+            continue
+        fi
 
         # Then siphon KOReader's language for i18n...
         if grep -q '\["language"\]' 'settings.reader.lua' 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -373,15 +376,24 @@ while [ ${RETURN_VALUE} -ne 0 ]; do
         fi
 
         # Here we go!
-        cd "/tmp/usbms" || continue
+        if ! cd "/tmp/usbms"; then
+            echo "Couldn't chdir to /tmp/usbms, restarting KOReader . . ." >>crash.log 2>&1
+            continue
+        fi
         if ! env LANGUAGE="${usbms_lang}" ./usbms; then
             # Hu, oh, something went wrong... Stay around for 90s (enough time to look at the syslog over Wi-Fi), and then shutdown.
+            fail=$?
+            logger -p "DAEMON.CRIT" -t "koreader.sh[$$]" "USBMS session failed (${fail}), shutting down in 90 sec!"
             sleep 90
             poweroff -f
         fi
 
         # Jump back to the right place, and keep on trucking
-        cd "${KOREADER_DIR}" || poweroff -f
+        if ! cd "${KOREADER_DIR}"; then
+            logger -p "DAEMON.CRIT" -t "koreader.sh[$$]" "Couldn't chdir back to KOREADER_DIR (${KOREADER_DIR}), shutting down in 30 sec!"
+            sleep 30
+            poweroff -f
+        fi
         rm -rf "/tmp/usbms"
     fi
 done