Index: src/OFLocalization.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFLocalization.m
+++ src/OFLocalization.m
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 #import "OFInvalidEncodingException.h"
+#import "OFOpenItemFailedException.h"
 
 #ifdef OF_MORPHOS
 # define BOOL EXEC_BOOL
 # include <proto/dos.h>
 # include <proto/locale.h>
@@ -247,11 +248,16 @@
 		return;
 
 	pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
 	mapPath = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"languages.json"];
-	map = [[OFString stringWithContentsOfFile: mapPath] JSONValue];
+	@try {
+		map = [[OFString stringWithContentsOfFile: mapPath] JSONValue];
+	} @catch (OFOpenItemFailedException *e) {
+		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	language = [_language lowercaseString];
 	territory = [_territory lowercaseString];
 
 	if (territory == nil)