diff --git a/language.version b/language.version
index 62fb12d01..2f1d49830 100644
--- a/language.version
+++ b/language.version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [default]
-SWWM_MODVER="\cxSWWM GZ\c- r251 (Tue 19 May 14:41:43 CEST 2020)";
+SWWM_MODVER="\cxSWWM GZ\c- r251 (Tue 19 May 15:10:31 CEST 2020)";
diff --git a/lore/mklang.c b/lore/mklang.c
index f46e46c04..2561f3433 100644
--- a/lore/mklang.c
+++ b/lore/mklang.c
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ int main( void )
 	};
 	for ( int i=0; i<NLANGS; i++ )
 	{
+		// [HACKAROUND] only generate if there's no ignore file,
+		// because some people don't do things the right way
+		char ignpath[256];
+		snprintf(ignpath,256,"%s/.ignoreme",langs[i]);
+		struct stat s;
+		if ( !stat(ignpath,&s) ) continue;
 		lf = fopen(langfiles[i],"wb");
 		if ( !lf ) continue;
 		fprintf(lf,"// this file was generated by mklang, "
diff --git a/lore/ru/.ignoreme b/lore/ru/.ignoreme
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb