diff --git a/itchat/components/messages.py b/itchat/components/messages.py
index ce1b88acbb2b62891d96ad1d390e3d4222894907..2cc1daddbd5454c57ee260ecde8a106c8a71fd66 100644
--- a/itchat/components/messages.py
+++ b/itchat/components/messages.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def produce_msg(core, msgList):
                 core.search_friends(userName=actualOpposite) or \
                 templates.User(userName=actualOpposite)
             # by default we think there may be a user missing not a mp
+        m['User'].core = core
         if m['MsgType'] == 1: # words
             if m['Url']:
                 regx = r'(.+?\(.+?\))'
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ def produce_msg(core, msgList):
                 'FileName' : '%s.mp3' % time.strftime('%y%m%d-%H%M%S', time.localtime()),
                 'Text': download_fn,}
         elif m['MsgType'] == 37: # friends
+            m['User']['UserName'] = m['RecommendInfo']['UserName']
             msg = {
                 'Type': 'Friends',
                 'Text': {
diff --git a/itchat/config.py b/itchat/config.py
index 6a987a0094a13ec94ce87e603a6f8c456af2a345..4d05b004b4931c18755e6ee9ca900bcdc74d773f 100644
--- a/itchat/config.py
+++ b/itchat/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os, platform
 
-VERSION = '1.2.31'
+VERSION = '1.3.0'
 BASE_URL = 'https://login.weixin.qq.com'
 OS = platform.system() #Windows, Linux, Darwin
 DIR = os.getcwd()