diff --git a/src/kernel/curse.c b/src/kernel/curse.c
index 27188e2ce..7f571ee36 100644
--- a/src/kernel/curse.c
+++ b/src/kernel/curse.c
@@ -316,6 +316,20 @@ const curse_type *ct_find(const char *c)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void ct_checknames() {
+    int i, qi;
+    quicklist *ctl;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
+        ctl = cursetypes[i];
+        for (qi = 0; ctl; ql_advance(&ctl, &qi, 1)) {
+            curse_type *type = (curse_type *)ql_get(ctl, qi);
+            curse_name(type, default_locale);
+
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* get_curse identifiziert eine Verzauberung über die ID und gibt
  * einen pointer auf die struct zurück.
diff --git a/src/kernel/curse.h b/src/kernel/curse.h
index b98b8601c..8e61dba55 100644
--- a/src/kernel/curse.h
+++ b/src/kernel/curse.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ extern "C" {
     int find_cursebyname(const char *c);
     const curse_type *ct_find(const char *c);
     void ct_register(const curse_type *);
+    void ct_checknames(void);
     /* Regionszauber */
 
     curse *cfindhash(int i);
diff --git a/src/reports.c b/src/reports.c
index c32902df0..4339e4fea 100644
--- a/src/reports.c
+++ b/src/reports.c
@@ -1841,8 +1841,14 @@ static void write_script(FILE * F, const faction * f)
     fputc('\n', F);
 }
 
+static void check_messages_exist(void) {
+    ct_checknames();
+}
+
 int init_reports(void)
 {
+    check_messages_exist();
+
     prepare_reports();
     {
         if (_access(reportpath(), 0) != 0) {