diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 27ade18d23f1..0a8951789b48 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.45
\ No newline at end of file
+5.0.46
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/DataMapper/EmailTemplateDefaults.php b/app/DataMapper/EmailTemplateDefaults.php
index a9c253da0b08..d66479658544 100644
--- a/app/DataMapper/EmailTemplateDefaults.php
+++ b/app/DataMapper/EmailTemplateDefaults.php
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ class EmailTemplateDefaults
 
     private static function transformText($string)
     {
+        //preformat the string, removing trailing colons.
+        $string = rtrim($string, ":");
+
         return str_replace(':', '$', ctrans('texts.'.$string));
     }
 }
diff --git a/config/ninja.php b/config/ninja.php
index 31204832b2e1..32b9e879f07c 100644
--- a/config/ninja.php
+++ b/config/ninja.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return [
     'require_https' => env('REQUIRE_HTTPS', true),
     'app_url' => rtrim(env('APP_URL', ''), '/'),
     'app_domain' => env('APP_DOMAIN', ''),
-    'app_version' => '5.0.45',
+    'app_version' => '5.0.46',
     'minimum_client_version' => '5.0.16',
     'terms_version' => '1.0.1',
     'api_secret' => env('API_SECRET', false),