diff --git a/bin/horde-translation b/bin/horde-translation
index 3df07f4f8..13c297f7f 100755
--- a/bin/horde-translation
+++ b/bin/horde-translation
@@ -404,12 +404,14 @@ class Horde_Translation_Script
         if (is_array($file)) {
             return array_map(array($this, 'strip_horde'), $file);
         }
-        $info = Horde_Yaml::loadFile($file . '/.horde.yml');
-        switch ($info['type']) {
-        case 'application':
-            return $info['id'];
-        case 'library':
-            return 'Horde_' . $info['id'];
+        if (file_exists($file . '/.horde.yml')) {
+            $info = Horde_Yaml::loadFile($file . '/.horde.yml');
+            switch ($info['type']) {
+                case 'application':
+                    return $info['id'];
+                case 'library':
+                    return 'Horde_' . $info['id'];
+            }
         }
         return basename($file);
     }
diff --git a/docs/changelog.yml b/docs/changelog.yml
index af533ec0e..239d5d81f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.yml
+++ b/docs/changelog.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
   license:
     identifier: LGPL-2
     uri: http://www.horde.org/licenses/lgpl
-  notes: |+
-    
+  notes: |
+    [jan] Make horde-translation work with released versions again.
+    |+
 5.2.23:
   api: 5.2.0
   state: