diff --git a/Core/GameInstanceManager.cs b/Core/GameInstanceManager.cs
index e807021545..6488582636 100644
--- a/Core/GameInstanceManager.cs
+++ b/Core/GameInstanceManager.cs
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ public void FakeInstance(IGame game, string newName, string newPath, GameVersion
 
                 foreach (var anchor in game.InstanceAnchorFiles)
                 {
-                    fileMgr.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(newPath, anchor), "");
+                    fileMgr.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(newPath, anchor),
+                                         version.WithoutBuild.ToString());
                 }
 
                 // Don't write the buildID.txts if we have no build, otherwise it would be -1.
@@ -289,9 +290,8 @@ public void FakeInstance(IGame game, string newName, string newPath, GameVersion
                 {
                     foreach (var b in KspBuildIdVersionProvider.buildIDfilenames)
                     {
-                        fileMgr.WriteAllText(
-                            Path.Combine(newPath, b),
-                            string.Format("build id = {0}", version.Build));
+                        fileMgr.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(newPath, b),
+                                             string.Format("build id = {0}", version.Build));
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/Core/Games/KerbalSpaceProgram2.cs b/Core/Games/KerbalSpaceProgram2.cs
index fff8f6b090..d70a798eac 100644
--- a/Core/Games/KerbalSpaceProgram2.cs
+++ b/Core/Games/KerbalSpaceProgram2.cs
@@ -203,10 +203,13 @@ public GameVersion DetectVersion(DirectoryInfo where)
 
         private GameVersion VersionFromFile(string path)
             => File.Exists(path)
-                ? GameVersion.Parse(
-                    FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(path).ProductVersion
-                    ?? versions.Last().ToString())
-                : null;
+                && GameVersion.TryParse(FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(path).ProductVersion
+                                        // Fake instances have an EXE containing just the version string
+                                        ?? File.ReadAllText(path),
+                                        out GameVersion v)
+                    ? v
+                    // Fall back to the most recent version
+                    : KnownVersions.Last();
 
         public string CompatibleVersionsFile => "compatible_game_versions.json";
 
diff --git a/Core/Registry/Registry.cs b/Core/Registry/Registry.cs
index 0ba2d6c0d4..9411bf10cb 100644
--- a/Core/Registry/Registry.cs
+++ b/Core/Registry/Registry.cs
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ public IEnumerable<CkanModule> AvailableByIdentifier(string identifier)
         {
             log.DebugFormat("Finding all available versions for {0}", identifier);
             return getAvail(identifier).SelectMany(am => am.AllAvailable())
+                                       .Distinct()
                                        .OrderByDescending(m => m.version);
         }