diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
index 3deeafc97..8ec5442dd 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/MetaInfo.java
@@ -216,7 +216,16 @@ public class MetaInfo
 
     // BEP 27
     val = info.get("private");
-    privateTorrent = val != null && val.getString().equals("1");
+    if (val != null) {
+        Object o = val.getValue();
+        // Is it supposed to be a number or a string?
+        // i2psnark does it as a string. BEP 27 doesn't say.
+        // Transmission does numbers.
+        privateTorrent = "1".equals(o) ||
+                         ((o instanceof Number) && ((Number) o).intValue() == 1);
+    } else {
+        privateTorrent = false;
+    }
 
     val = info.get("piece length");
     if (val == null)
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 7f0b07e77..b7509f1d3 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 24;
+    public final static long BUILD = 25;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";