diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 40d16dc9e..45d3664d8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 YaCy: The Search Engine with the friendly whale
 
-version 0.424svn
+version 0.43svn
 	* ADDED: additional Shutdownmethod to run YaCy as Windows Service (theli)
 	* ADDED: possibility to import the crawling queue (theli)
 	* UPDATED: German translations (NN, rramthun)
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ version 0.424svn
 	* FIXED: minor bug-fix in Cache for some rare URLs (borg-0300)
 	* ADDED: The YaCy-Bookmarkssystem (allo)
 	* UPDATED: New Searchstyle
-	* FIXED: notifier.gif works even when only DATA is writable
+	* FIXED: notifier.gif works even when only DATA is writable (allo)
+	* FIXED: Translations work with readonly htroot now. (allo)
 
 version 0.40 (8/21/2005):
 	* The Server now provides the virtuel Header IS_ADMIN (Alexander Schier)
diff --git a/htroot/Language_p.java b/htroot/Language_p.java
index 81503574a..296a69da3 100644
--- a/htroot/Language_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Language_p.java
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ public class Language_p {
         }
         String htRootPath = env.getConfig("htRootPath", "htroot");
         File sourceDir = new File(env.getRootPath(), htRootPath);
-        File destDir = new File(env.getRootPath(), htRootPath + "/locale/" + lang.substring(0, lang.length() - 4));// cut
+        File destDir = new File(env.getConfig("htLocalePath","DATA/HTDOCS/locale"), lang.substring(0, lang.length() - 4));// cut
+        // .lng
+        //File destDir = new File(env.getRootPath(), htRootPath + "/locale/" + lang.substring(0, lang.length() - 4));// cut
         // .lng
         File translationFile = new File(langPath, lang);
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
index a4c328c0a..60c0b6319 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
             
             // create htLocaleDefault, htLocalePath
             if (htDefaultPath == null) htDefaultPath = new File(switchboard.getRootPath(), switchboard.getConfig("htDefaultPath","htroot"));
-            if (htLocalePath == null) htLocalePath = new File(switchboard.getRootPath(), switchboard.getConfig("htLocalePath","htroot/locale"));
+            if (htLocalePath == null) htLocalePath = new File(switchboard.getConfig("htLocalePath","DATA/HTDOCS/locale"));
             //htLocaleSelection = switchboard.getConfig("htLocaleSelection","default");
         }
         
diff --git a/source/migration.java b/source/migration.java
index 93a739092..bc181628f 100644
--- a/source/migration.java
+++ b/source/migration.java
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ public class migration {
             sb.setConfig("parseableMimeTypes.URLREDIRECTOR", value);
             sb.setConfig("parseableMimeTypes.ICAP", value);
         }
+        //Locales in DATA, because DATA must be writable, htroot not.
+        if(sb.getConfig("htLocalePath", "htroot/locale").equals("htroot/locale")){
+        	sb.setConfig("htLocalePath", "DATA/HTDOCS/locale");
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/source/yacy.java b/source/yacy.java
index 2adcded86..24c3a87e8 100644
--- a/source/yacy.java
+++ b/source/yacy.java
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public final class yacy {
 
             // create default notifier picture
             //TODO: Use templates instead of copying images ...
-            if (!((new File(htRootPath, "env/grafics/notifier.gif")).exists())) try {
+            if (!((new File(htDocsPath, "notifier.gif")).exists())) try {
                 serverFileUtils.copy(new File(htRootPath, "env/grafics/empty.gif"),
                                      new File(htDocsPath, "notifier.gif"));
             } catch (IOException e) {}
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public final class yacy {
                         try{ //seperate try, because we want this, even when the File "version2 does not exist.
                             if(! currentRev.equals(sb.getConfig("svnRevision", "")) ){ //is this another version?!
                                 final File sourceDir = new File(sb.getConfig("htRootPath", "htroot"));
-                                final File destDir = new File(sourceDir, "locale/"+lang);
+                                final File destDir = new File(sb.getConfig("htLocalePath", "DATA/HTDOCS/locale"), lang);
                                 
                               if(translator.translateFilesRecursive(sourceDir, destDir, new File("DATA/LOCALE/"+lang+".lng"), "html,template,inc", "locale")){ //translate it
                                     //write the new Versionnumber
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 2ef1467ba..9b488d9d9 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ defaultFiles = index.html,default.html,search.html,console.html,control.html,wel
 # the <dir> must exist as sub-path to htLocalePath
 # the htLocaleSelection selects from the given locales, value=one-of-<dir>
 htDefaultPath=htroot
-htLocalePath=htroot/locale
+htLocalePath=DATA/HTROOT/locale
 htLocaleLang=default/English,de/Deutsch,fr/Fran&ccedil;ais,nl/Nederlands,it/Italiano,es/Espa&ntilde;ol,pt/Portug&ecirc;s,fi/Suomi,se/Svenska,dk/Dansk,gr/E&lambda;&lambda;&eta;v&iota;&kappa;&alpha;
 htLocaleSelection=default