diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index bb9af67..71a5f18 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Nicolas Lassale
-Jürgen Hörmann - l10n improvements
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+Jürgen Hörmann - l10n improvements
+Hal Finkel
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diff --git a/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php b/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
index 63438ad..8d5ce09 100644
--- a/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
+++ b/src/Pluf/Middleware/Translation.php
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ class Pluf_Middleware_Translation
         $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'] = array();
         $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] = array();
         foreach (Pluf::f('installed_apps') as $app) {
-            $pofile = Pluf::fileExists($app.'/locale/'.$lang.'/'.strtolower($app).'.po');
-            $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] += Pluf_Translation::readPoFile($pofile);
+            if (false != ($pofile=Pluf::fileExists($app.'/locale/'.$lang.'/'.strtolower($app).'.po'))) {
+                $GLOBALS['_PX_locale'][$lang] += Pluf_Translation::readPoFile($pofile);
+            }
         }
         $request->language_code = $lang;
         return false;