diff --git a/m/reader.go b/m/reader.go
index 0cec7f2..7091f6a 100644
--- a/m/reader.go
+++ b/m/reader.go
@@ -146,11 +146,19 @@ func readStream(stream io.Reader, reader *Reader, fromFilter *exec.Cmd) {
 }

 // NewReaderFromStream creates a new stream reader
-func NewReaderFromStream(name *string, reader io.Reader) *Reader {
+//
+// The name can be an empty string ("").
+//
+// If non-empty, the name will be displayed by the pager in the bottom left
+// corner to help the user keep track of what is being paged.
+func NewReaderFromStream(name string, reader io.Reader) *Reader {
    mReader := newReaderFromStream(reader, nil)
-   mReader.lock.Lock()
-   mReader.name = name
-   mReader.lock.Unlock()
+
+   if len(name) > 0 {
+       mReader.lock.Lock()
+       mReader.name = &name
+       mReader.lock.Unlock()
+   }

    return mReader
 }
@@ -342,7 +350,7 @@ func NewReaderFromFilename(filename string) (*Reader, error) {
        return nil, err
    }

-   reader := NewReaderFromStream(&filename, stream)
+   reader := NewReaderFromStream(filename, stream)
    return reader, nil
 }
