diff --git a/anki/__init__.py b/anki/__init__.py
index 5ba61d877..16cf49a85 100644
--- a/anki/__init__.py
+++ b/anki/__init__.py
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ if arch[1] == "ELF":
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(ext, "py2.%d-%s" % (
         sys.version_info[1], arch[0][0:2])))
 
-version="2.0.41" # build scripts grep this line, so preserve formatting
+version="2.0.42" # build scripts grep this line, so preserve formatting
 from anki.storage import Collection
 __all__ = ["Collection"]
diff --git a/anki/lang.py b/anki/lang.py
index dd7d98b2b..8dd52fa0f 100644
--- a/anki/lang.py
+++ b/anki/lang.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ def langDir():
         dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), "locale")
     if not os.path.isdir(dir):
         dir = "/usr/share/anki/locale"
+    if not os.path.isdir(dir):
+        dir = "/usr/local/share/anki/bin/locale"
     return dir
 
 def setLang(lang, local=True):