diff --git a/libs/ui.js b/libs/ui.js
index 5425c2ad..6764fda6 100644
--- a/libs/ui.js
+++ b/libs/ui.js
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ ui.prototype._getPosition = function (content) {
         py = core.status.event.data.y;
     }
     content = content.replace("\b", "\\b")
-        .replace(/\\b\[(up|center|down)(,(hero|null|\d+,\d+))?]/g, function (s0, s1, s2, s3) {
+        .replace(/\\b\[(up|center|down|hero|null)(,(hero|null|\d+,\d+))?]/g, function (s0, s1, s2, s3) {
             pos = s1;
-            if (s3 == 'hero') {
+            if (s3 == 'hero' || s1=='hero') {
                 px = core.status.hero.loc.x;
                 py = core.status.hero.loc.y;
             }
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ ui.prototype._getPosition = function (content) {
                 px = parseInt(str[0]);
                 py = parseInt(str[1]);
             }
+            if(pos=='hero' || pos=='null'){
+                pos = py==null?'center':(py>=core.__HALF_SIZE__? 'up':'down'); 
+            }
             return "";
         });
     return {content: content, position: pos, px: px, py: py};