diff --git a/recipes/united_daily.recipe b/recipes/united_daily.recipe
index 1013b3d2b6..25493a43ac 100644
--- a/recipes/united_daily.recipe
+++ b/recipes/united_daily.recipe
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class UnitedDaily(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     __author__ = 'Eddie Lau'
     __version__ = '1.1'
-    language = 'zh-TW'
+    language = 'zh_TW'
     publisher = 'United Daily News Group'
     description = 'United Daily (Taiwan)'
     category = 'News, Chinese, Taiwan'
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/localization.py b/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
index 43b4fbcc89..39cb228d60 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def set_translators():
     if lang:
         buf = iso639 = None
         mpath = get_lc_messages_path(lang)
-        if os.access(mpath+'.po', os.R_OK):
+        if mpath and os.access(mpath+'.po', os.R_OK):
             from calibre.translations.msgfmt import make
             buf = cStringIO.StringIO()
             make(mpath+'.po', buf)
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/model.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/model.py
index 5f8d906e61..40d246b450 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/model.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/model.py
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ def ok(urn):
             self.all_urns.add(urn)
             if ok(urn):
                 lang = x.get('language', 'und')
+                if lang:
+                    lang = lang.replace('-', '_')
                 if lang not in lang_map:
                     lang_map[lang] = factory(NewsCategory, new_root, lang)
                 factory(NewsItem, lang_map[lang], urn, x.get('title'))