=== modified file 'content/startpage.html'
--- a/content/startpage.html	2009-03-18 19:37:42 +0000
+++ b/content/startpage.html	2009-04-02 18:33:04 +0000
@@ -7,19 +7,23 @@
 var HOMEPAGE_ONLINE = "http://start.ubuntu.com/9.04/";
 var HOMEPAGE_OFFLINE = "file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html"
 var HOMEPAGE_OFFLINE_TMPL = "/usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/locales/index-"
 
 var prefs = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1"]
            .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPrefBranch);
 var userAgentLocale = null;
 try {
-  var userAgentLocaleLocalized =
-      prefs.getComplexValue("general.useragent.locale",
-                            Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString);
+  var userAgentLocaleLocalized = null;
+
+  try {
+    prefs.getComplexValue("general.useragent.locale",
+                          Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString);
+  } catch (e) {}
+
   if (userAgentLocaleLocalized) {
       userAgentLocale = userAgentLocaleLocalized.toString();
   } else {
       userAgentLocale = prefs.getCharPref("general.useragent.locale");
   }
 } catch (e) { userAgentLocale = "en-US";}
 
 function get_valid_offlinehomepage() {