diff --git a/poupdate b/poupdate
index 1e85171..4233a3f 100755
--- a/poupdate
+++ b/poupdate
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ if [ ! $DIFF ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"This program suggests the diff utility."$ENDCOLOR
 fi
 
+if [ ! $SVN ]; then
+	echo -e $RED"This program suggests the svn utility."$ENDCOLOR
+fi
+
 ## Declaring Functions
 function usage() {
 	echo "Usage `basename $0` [options] <updated-file-dir> <translations-file-tree> <translations-template-tree>"
@@ -79,14 +83,14 @@ tpl_tree=$3
 newtrans=`cd $upd_dir; find . -name "*.po"`
 total_files=`echo $newtrans | wc -w`
 skipped_files=0
-merged_files=0
+processed_files=0
 changed_files=0
 
 
 if [ "$option_verbose" = "Y" ]; then
 	echo "Checking if updated files are in the specified directory ..."
 else
-	echo -ne "\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"
+	echo -ne "\r$processed_files/$total_files merged"
 fi
 if [ "$newtrans" == "" ]; then
 	echo -e $RED"\t\t... no updated files found in: $upd_dir"$ENDCOLOR
@@ -131,8 +135,8 @@ if [ `cd $tpl_tree; find ${updfile}t  2> /dev/null | wc -l` -lt 1 ]; then
 		find ${updfile}t -print
 	fi
 	skipped_files=$(($skipped_files+1))
+	processed_files=$(($processed_files+1))
 	continue
-
 fi
 
 if [  `cd "$tra_tree"; find ${updfile}  2> /dev/null | wc -l` -lt 1 ]; then
@@ -143,7 +147,9 @@ if [  `cd "$tra_tree"; find ${updfile}  2> /dev/null | wc -l` -lt 1 ]; then
 	tplfile=`cd "$tpl_tree"; find ${updfile}t`
 	secdir=`dirname "$tplfile"`
 	cp "$upd_dir/$updfile" "$tra_tree/$updfile"
-	svn add "$tra_tree/$updfile"
+	if [ $SVN ]; then
+	$SVN add "$tra_tree/$updfile"
+	fi
 fi
 
 # perform msgmerge and other actions
@@ -180,9 +186,9 @@ fi
 
 rm $tra_tree/${trafile}.old $tra_tree/${trafile}.new
 
-merged_files=$(($merged_files+1))
+processed_files=$(($processed_files+1))
 if [ ! "$option_verbose" = "Y" ]; then
-	echo -ne "\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"
+	echo -ne "\r$processed_files/$total_files processed"
 	if [ $DIFF ] && [ ! $changed_files -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo -ne ", $changed_files changed"
 	fi
@@ -193,7 +199,7 @@ fi
 
 done
 
-echo -ne $BLUE"\r$merged_files/$total_files merged"$ENDCOLOR
+echo -ne $BLUE"\r$processed_files/$total_files processed"$ENDCOLOR
 if [ $DIFF ] && [ ! $changed_files -eq 0 ]; then
 	echo -ne $BLUE", $changed_files changed"$ENDCOLOR
 fi
diff --git a/ths-variables b/ths-variables
index e93fa3b..094df08 100644
--- a/ths-variables
+++ b/ths-variables
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 THS=".ths"
 
 # Binaries
+SVN=`which svn 2> /dev/null`
 DIFF=`which diff 2> /dev/null`
 MSGATTRIB=`which msgattrib 2> /dev/null`
 MSGFILTER=`which msgfilter 2> /dev/null`