diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2e270f41..543e37bd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Contributions are very welcome.
 Please check out the following points for code contributions:
 * Licence for your contribution must be Apache 2.0.
 * Please try to follow coding style of the file you are editing.
-* When possible, create pull requests against the master branch
+* When possible, create pull requests against the GitHub default branch
   (which is the plugin for the oldest supported IntelliJ version).
   This way your feature / fix will be included in all future versions.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fc8a52f9..5d4b99e0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ideaVersion=IC-2016.2.5
 ijPluginRepoChannel=
 downloadIdeaSources=false
-version=0.9.9.0-146
+version=0.9.9.1-146
 javaVersion=1.8
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtil.java
index cba7242e..be8af194 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtil.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ private String getProjectName(String repositoryUrl, String url) {
         String basePath = UrlUtils.createUriFromGitConfigString(repositoryUrl).getPath();
         String path = UrlUtils.createUriFromGitConfigString(url).getPath();
 
-        if (path.length() >= basePath.length()) {
+        if (path.length() >= basePath.length() && path.startsWith(basePath)) {
             path = path.substring(basePath.length());
         }
 
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ private String getProjectName(String repositoryUrl, String url) {
         if (path.endsWith("/")) {
             path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1);
         }
+        // gerrit project names usually dont start with a slash
+        if (path.startsWith("/")) {
+            path = path.substring(1, path.length());
+        }
 
         return path;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/ui/GerritToolWindowFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/ui/GerritToolWindowFactory.java
index f1cd842b..27eec071 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/ui/GerritToolWindowFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/ui/GerritToolWindowFactory.java
@@ -16,24 +16,29 @@
 
 package com.urswolfer.intellij.plugin.gerrit.ui;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.SimpleToolWindowPanel;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindow;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowFactory;
+import com.intellij.ui.content.Content;
+import com.intellij.ui.content.ContentFactory;
+import com.intellij.ui.content.ContentManager;
 import com.urswolfer.intellij.plugin.gerrit.GerritModule;
 
-import java.awt.*;
-
 /**
  * @author Urs Wolfer
  */
-public class GerritToolWindowFactory implements ToolWindowFactory {
+public class GerritToolWindowFactory implements ToolWindowFactory, DumbAware {
     @Override
     public void createToolWindowContent(final Project project, ToolWindow toolWindow) {
         GerritToolWindow gerritToolWindow = GerritModule.getInstance(GerritToolWindow.class);
 
-        Component component = toolWindow.getComponent();
         SimpleToolWindowPanel toolWindowContent = gerritToolWindow.createToolWindowContent(project);
-        component.getParent().add(toolWindowContent);
+
+        ContentManager contentManager = toolWindow.getContentManager();
+        Content content = ContentFactory.SERVICE.getInstance().createContent(toolWindowContent, "", false);
+        contentManager.addContent(content);
+        contentManager.setSelectedContent(content);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index b8249b8f..76c386c9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
           href="https://github.com/uwolfer/gerrit-intellij-plugin#pre-releases">
           https://github.com/uwolfer/gerrit-intellij-plugin#pre-releases</a>.</li>
 
+          <li>0.9.9.1</li>
+          <ul>
+            <li>fix compatibility with IntelliJ 2016.3 EAP (tool window is blank)</li>
+            <li>allow using the tool window while IntelliJ is creating index</li>
+            <li>minor fixes and improvements</li>
+          </ul>
           <li>0.9.9.0</li>
           <ul>
             <li>fix automatic update for IntelliJ 2016.2 (by bumping version number)</li>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtilTest.java
index f18e9eb5..fec0785b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/urswolfer/intellij/plugin/gerrit/rest/GerritUtilTest.java
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ public void testProjectNames() throws Exception {
                         "http://gerrit.server/r/project/blah/test.git"
                 ));
 
+        // specific case where gerrit URL is provided via HTTP but git is configured to use ssh
+        Assert.assertEquals("project/blah",
+                getProjectName.invoke(gerritUtil,
+                        "http://gerrit.server/gerrit",
+                        "ssh://git@gerrit.server:29418/project/blah"
+                ));
+
         // should not fail with an StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
         Assert.assertEquals("",
                 getProjectName.invoke(gerritUtil,