diff -Naur old/filter.c new/filter.c
--- old/filter.c	2013-08-22 20:49:06.229337260 -1000
+++ new/filter.c	2013-08-22 20:49:13.552700987 -1000
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@
 	// vCard(the country name)
 	item_fput(item, COUNTRY, xstrdup(strsep(&value, ";")));
 
-	if(*value) xfree(value);
+	if(value) xfree(value);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2052,6 +2052,13 @@
 
 	free(name);
 
+	if(db_fget(item, NICK))
+	  fprintf(out, "NICKNAME:%s\r\n",
+		  safe_str(db_fget(item, NICK)));
+	if(db_fget(item, ANNIVERSARY))
+	  fprintf(out, "BIRTHDAY:%s\r\n",
+		  safe_str(db_fget(item, ANNIVERSARY)));
+
 	// see rfc6350 section 6.3.1
 	if(db_fget(item, ADDRESS)) {
 		fprintf(out, "ADR:;%s;%s;%s;%s;%s;%s\r\n",