diff --git a/rcgcdw.py b/rcgcdw.py
index ba84852..3443d79 100644
--- a/rcgcdw.py
+++ b/rcgcdw.py
@@ -1297,7 +1297,10 @@ class Recent_Changes_Class(object):
 					except KeyError:
 						self.tags[tag["name"]] = None  # Tags with no display name are hidden and should not appear on RC as well
 				for message in startup_info["allmessages"]:
-					self.mw_messages[message["name"]] = message["*"]
+					if not "missing" in message:  # ignore missing strings
+						self.mw_messages[message["name"]] = message["*"]
+					else:
+						logging.warning("Could not fetch the MW message translation for: {}".format(message["name"]))
 				for key, message in self.mw_messages.items():
 					if key.startswith("recentchanges-page-"):
 						self.mw_messages[key] = re.sub(r'\[\[.*?\]\]', '', message)