diff --git a/update_l10n.sh b/update_l10n.sh
index 56f8740..42b5077 100755
--- a/update_l10n.sh
+++ b/update_l10n.sh
@@ -1,46 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Make a local checkout of l10n-something/* into a local dir
 
 . utils.sh
 . config
 unset CDPATH
 
 function update_or_create_l10n_checkout()
 {
     local l10n_repo=$1
     local l10n_local_dir=$2
 
     if test -d $l10n_local_dir; then
 
         # Update existing checkout
-
-        for dir in $l10n_local_dir/*; do
-            svn update $dir@
-
-            rev=`get_svn_rev $dir@`
+        languages=`svn cat $l10n_repo/subdirs`
+        for dir in $languages; do
+            svn update $l10n_local_dir/$dir@
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                echo "failed updating!!!!"
+                exit
+            fi
+
+            rev=`get_svn_rev $l10n_local_dir/$dir@`
             lang=`basename $dir`
             echo $lang > versions/kde-l10n-$lang
             echo $rev >> versions/kde-l10n-$lang
         done
 
     else
 
         # Make new checkout
 
         languages=`svn cat $l10n_repo/subdirs`
         for lang in $languages; do
             mkdir -p $l10n_local_dir/$lang
             # final @ required to handle languages like ca@valencia
             svn co $l10n_repo/$lang@ $l10n_local_dir/$lang
 
             rev=`get_svn_rev $l10n_local_dir/$lang@`
             echo $lang > versions/kde-l10n-$lang
             echo $rev >> versions/kde-l10n-$lang
         done
 
     fi
 }
 
 mkdir -p versions
 update_or_create_l10n_checkout $l10n_repo5 $l10n_basedir5