diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 21011139..855490f5 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ v0.6.0 (in development)
 - Replaced all of the MPD network code that was provided by asyncore with
   custom stack. This change was made to facilitate the future support of the
   `idle` command, and to reduce the number of event loops being used.
+- Fix metadata update in Shoutcast streaming (Fixes: :issue:`122`)
 
 
 v0.5.0 (2011-06-15)
diff --git a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
index fd71d861..2c6509ed 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/spotify/session_manager.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class SpotifySessionManager(BaseThread, PyspotifySessionManager):
             'channels': channels,
         }
         self.gstreamer.emit_data(capabilites, bytes(frames))
+        return num_frames
 
     def play_token_lost(self, session):
         """Callback used by pyspotify"""
diff --git a/mopidy/gstreamer.py b/mopidy/gstreamer.py
index 43c5ea2b..edcb3084 100644
--- a/mopidy/gstreamer.py
+++ b/mopidy/gstreamer.py
@@ -274,10 +274,18 @@ class GStreamer(ThreadingActor):
         taglist = gst.TagList()
         artists = [a for a in (track.artists or []) if a.name]
 
+        # Default to blank data to trick shoutcast into clearing any previous
+        # values it might have.
+        taglist[gst.TAG_ARTIST] = u' '
+        taglist[gst.TAG_TITLE] = u' '
+        taglist[gst.TAG_ALBUM] = u' '
+
         if artists:
             taglist[gst.TAG_ARTIST] = u', '.join([a.name for a in artists])
+
         if track.name:
             taglist[gst.TAG_TITLE] = track.name
+
         if track.album and track.album.name:
             taglist[gst.TAG_ALBUM] = track.album.name
 
diff --git a/mopidy/settings.py b/mopidy/settings.py
index 9ac63719..f3e012ed 100644
--- a/mopidy/settings.py
+++ b/mopidy/settings.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ BACKENDS = (
 #: details on the format.
 CONSOLE_LOG_FORMAT = u'%(levelname)-8s %(message)s'
 
-#: Which GStreamer bin description to use in :class:`mopidy.outputs.CustomOutput`.
+#: Which GStreamer bin description to use in
+#: :class:`mopidy.outputs.custom.CustomOutput`.
 #:
 #: Default::
 #:
diff --git a/mopidy/utils/__init__.py b/mopidy/utils/__init__.py
index acbb4664..9d7532a0 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/__init__.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ def import_module(name):
     return sys.modules[name]
 
 def get_class(name):
+    logger.debug('Loading: %s', name)
+    if '.' not in name:
+        raise ImportError("Couldn't load: %s" % name)
     module_name = name[:name.rindex('.')]
     class_name = name[name.rindex('.') + 1:]
-    logger.debug('Loading: %s', name)
     try:
         module = import_module(module_name)
         class_object = getattr(module, class_name)
diff --git a/mopidy/utils/settings.py b/mopidy/utils/settings.py
index cab94089..3f7593af 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/settings.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/settings.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class SettingsProxy(object):
         value = self.current[attr]
         if isinstance(value, basestring) and len(value) == 0:
             raise SettingsError(u'Setting "%s" is empty.' % attr)
+        if not value:
+            return value
         if attr.endswith('_PATH') or attr.endswith('_FILE'):
             value = os.path.expanduser(value)
             value = os.path.abspath(value)
diff --git a/tests/utils/init_test.py b/tests/utils/init_test.py
index fb38e2ea..70dd7e36 100644
--- a/tests/utils/init_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/init_test.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ from mopidy.utils import get_class
 
 class GetClassTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_loading_module_that_does_not_exist(self):
-        test = lambda: get_class('foo.bar.Baz')
-        self.assertRaises(ImportError, test)
+        self.assertRaises(ImportError, get_class, 'foo.bar.Baz')
 
     def test_loading_class_that_does_not_exist(self):
-        test = lambda: get_class('unittest.FooBarBaz')
-        self.assertRaises(ImportError, test)
+        self.assertRaises(ImportError, get_class, 'unittest.FooBarBaz')
+
+    def test_loading_incorrect_class_path(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ImportError, get_class, 'foobarbaz')
 
     def test_import_error_message_contains_complete_class_path(self):
         try:
diff --git a/tests/utils/settings_test.py b/tests/utils/settings_test.py
index 973c2280..ec470ea9 100644
--- a/tests/utils/settings_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/settings_test.py
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ class SettingsProxyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         actual = self.settings.TEST
         self.assertEqual(actual, './test')
 
+    def test_value_ending_in_file_can_be_none(self):
+        self.settings.TEST_FILE = None
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.TEST_FILE, None)
+
+    def test_value_ending_in_path_can_be_none(self):
+        self.settings.TEST_PATH = None
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings.TEST_PATH, None)
+
     def test_interactive_input_of_missing_defaults(self):
         self.settings.default['TEST'] = ''
         interactive_input = 'input'