diff --git a/Text/Shakespeare/I18N.hs b/Text/Shakespeare/I18N.hs
--- a/Text/Shakespeare/I18N.hs
+++ b/Text/Shakespeare/I18N.hs
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@
                 -> Q [Dec]
 mkMessageCommon genType prefix postfix master dt folder lang = do
     files <- qRunIO $ getDirectoryContents folder
-    (_files', contents) <- qRunIO $ fmap (unzip . catMaybes) $ mapM (loadLang folder) files
+    let files' = filter (`notElem` [".", ".."]) files
+    (_files', contents) <- qRunIO $ fmap (unzip . catMaybes) $ mapM (loadLang folder) files'
 #ifdef GHC_7_4
     mapM_ qAddDependentFile $ concat _files'
 #endif
diff --git a/shakespeare.cabal b/shakespeare.cabal
--- a/shakespeare.cabal
+++ b/shakespeare.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            shakespeare
-version:         2.0.2
+version:         2.0.2.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>