diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 2fc94a0..7e1977b 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -29,18 +29,25 @@ gem 'gettext', '>=3.0.2', :require => false
 Add the first language using:
 
 ```Bash
-rake gettext:add_language[XX]
+rake gettext:add_language[xx]
 ```
 
 or
 
 ```Bash
-LANGUAGE=[XX] rake gettext:add_language
+LANGUAGE=[xx] rake gettext:add_language
 ```
 
-where XX is the [ISO 639-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) 2-letter code for the language you want to create.
+where `xx` is the lowercased [ISO 639-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) 2-letter code for the language you want to create.
 
-This will also create the `locale` directory (where the translations are being stored) and run `gettext:find` to find any strings marked for translation.
+for example:
+
+```Bash
+rake gettext:add_language[es]
+```
+
+
+This will also create the `locales` directory (where the translations are being stored) and run `gettext:find` to find any strings marked for translation.
 
 You can, of course, add more languages using the same command.
 
diff --git a/lib/gettext_i18n_rails/model_attributes_finder.rb b/lib/gettext_i18n_rails/model_attributes_finder.rb
index 11a879e..228672e 100644
--- a/lib/gettext_i18n_rails/model_attributes_finder.rb
+++ b/lib/gettext_i18n_rails/model_attributes_finder.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def store_model_attributes(options)
           end
         end
         f.puts "#DO NOT MODIFY! AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FILE!"
+        f.puts "{}"
       end
     rescue
       puts "[Error] Attribute extraction failed. Removing incomplete file (#{file})"