diff --git a/src/localization.c b/src/localization.c
index ffec48cd..a7634d40 100644
--- a/src/localization.c
+++ b/src/localization.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void htab_destroy(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i=0; i<htab_size; i++) {
+	for (i=0; i<htab_size+1; i++) {
 		if (htab_table[i].used) {
 			safe_free(htab_table[i].str);
 		}
@@ -162,18 +162,18 @@ static uint32_t htab_hash(char* str)
 {
 	uint32_t hval, hval2;
 	uint32_t idx;
-	uint32_t r = 5381;
+	uint32_t r = 0;
 	int c;
 	char* sz = str;
 
 	if (str == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	// Compute main hash value (algorithm suggested by Nokia)
-	// TODO: THIS ALGORITHM SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!
-	// Uncomment 'uprintf("hash collision' below to find out why...
+	// Compute main hash value using sdbm's algorithm (empirically
+	// shown to produce half the collisions as djb2's).
+	// See http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~oz/hash.html
 	while ((c = *sz++) != 0)
-		r = ((r << 5) + r) + c;
+		r = c + (r << 6) + (r << 16) - r;
 	if (r == 0)
 		++r;
 
diff --git a/src/localization.h b/src/localization.h
index 7a07eb8d..0290c3d1 100644
--- a/src/localization.h
+++ b/src/localization.h
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// Number of concurrent localization messages. Must be a power of 2.
+// Number of concurrent localization messages (i.e. messages we can concurrently
+// reference at the same time). Must be a power of 2.
 #define LOC_MESSAGE_NB      8
 #define LOC_MESSAGE_SIZE    2048
-#define LOC_HTAB_SIZE       512
+#define LOC_HTAB_SIZE       1031	// Using a prime speeds up the hash table init
 
 // The [v]ersion major from a translation must match this number or
 // the translation will be ignored
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 8c7dcc32..173862ba 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 206, 329
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_APPWINDOW
-CAPTION "Rufus v1.4.0.306"
+CAPTION "Rufus v1.4.0.307"
 FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1
 BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "Start",IDC_START,94,291,50,14
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,4,0,306
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,4,0,306
+ FILEVERSION 1,4,0,307
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,4,0,307
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting (http://akeo.ie)"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.4.0.306"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.4.0.307"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2013 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.4.0.306"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.4.0.307"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"