--- a/stream.go	Wed Dec 28 13:28:45 2011 -0700
+++ b/stream.go	Wed Dec 28 13:32:11 2011 -0700
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@
 	// Begin building the response. Username is
 	// user@domain or just domain.
 	var username string
-	if cl.Jid.Node == nil {
+	if cl.Jid.Node == "" {
 		username = cl.Jid.Domain
 	} else {
-		username = *cl.Jid.Node
+		username = cl.Jid.Node
 	}
 
 	// Generate our own nonce from random data.