diff --git a/i18n/I18N.php b/i18n/I18N.php
index e4f0f25..523efc1 100644
--- a/i18n/I18N.php
+++ b/i18n/I18N.php
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ class I18N
     static public function init()
     {
         $config = Config::get(__CLASS__);
-        
+
+        if (!is_array($config['locales'])) {
+            throw new InitializationException('locales empty');
+        }
+
         self::$locales = $config['locales'];
         
         if (isset($config['bidi'])) {
diff --git a/tests/i18n/I18NTest.php b/tests/i18n/I18NTest.php
index f5e9ed6..593c9ed 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/I18NTest.php
+++ b/tests/i18n/I18NTest.php
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../Registry.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../Config.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../classes/Env.class.php';
 require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../i18n/I18N.php';
-require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../exception/GeneralException.php';
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../exception/InitializationException.php';
+
 
 /**
  * @runTestsInSeparateProcesses
  */
 class I18NTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-
     public function run(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult $result = NULL)
     {
+        $this->setConstants();
         $this->setPreserveGlobalState(false);
         return parent::run($result);
     }
@@ -34,18 +35,18 @@ class I18NTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testInit()
     {
         $this->setConstants();
-        Config::set('I18N', array('locales' => array('ru' => 'ru-ru', 'us' => 'en-us')));
 
+        Config::set('I18N', array('locales' => array('ru' => 'ru-ru', 'us' => 'en-us')));
         I18N::init();
         $this->assertAttributeEquals(array('ru' => 'ru-ru', 'us' => 'en-us'), 'locales', 'I18N');
         $this->assertAttributeEquals('ru-ru', 'locale', 'I18N');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException GeneralException
-     */
+
     public function testInitNoConfig()
     {
+        Config::set('I18N', array('locales' => null));
+        $this->setExpectedException('InitializationException');
         I18N::init();
     }