diff --git a/php-mo.php b/php-mo.php
index 7e7eb59..8e4fc84 100644
--- a/php-mo.php
+++ b/php-mo.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * More info:
  * https://github.com/josscrowcroft/php.mo
  * 
- * Based on php-msgfmt by Matthias Bauer (Copyright © 2007), a command-line PHP tool
+ * Based on php-msgfmt by Matthias Bauer (Copyright � 2007), a command-line PHP tool
  * for converting .po files to .mo.
  * (http://wordpress-soc-2007.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/moeffju/php-msgfmt/msgfmt.php)
  * 
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ function phpmo_parse_po_file($in) {
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 		}
+		if (empty($entry['msgstr'][0])) continue;
 		$hash[$entry['msgid']] = $entry;
 	}