diff --git a/I18nAssetPipelineGrailsPlugin.groovy b/I18nAssetPipelineGrailsPlugin.groovy
index 55a9907..fe7f716 100644
--- a/I18nAssetPipelineGrailsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/I18nAssetPipelineGrailsPlugin.groovy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import asset.pipeline.i18n.I18nAssetFile
 
 
 class I18nAssetPipelineGrailsPlugin {
-    def version = '0.9.0'
+    def version = '0.9.1'
     def grailsVersion = '2.2 > *'
     def title = 'I18n Asset Pipeline Plugin'
     def author = 'Daniel Ellermann'
diff --git a/grails-app/taglib/asset/pipeline/I18nTagLib.groovy b/grails-app/taglib/asset/pipeline/I18nTagLib.groovy
index e0a5f9a..daa077f 100644
--- a/grails-app/taglib/asset/pipeline/I18nTagLib.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/taglib/asset/pipeline/I18nTagLib.groovy
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package asset.pipeline
 
 import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.GrailsApplication
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource
 
 
 class I18nTagLib {
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ class I18nTagLib {
             }
         }
         locale = locale.replace('-', '_')
+        if (log.debugEnabled) {
+            log.debug "Retrieving i18n messages for locale ${locale}…"
+        }
 
         String name = attrs.remove('name') ?: 'messages'
         String [] parts = locale.split('_')
@@ -67,13 +71,32 @@ class I18nTagLib {
                 buf << '_' << parts[j]
             }
             String s = buf.toString()
-            def f = AssetHelper.fileForUri(
-                s.toString(), 'application/javascript'
-            )
-            if (f != null) {
+            if (log.debugEnabled) {
+                log.debug "Trying to find asset ${s}…"
+            }
+
+            /*
+             * XXX This is a somewhat dirty hack.  When running in WAR file a
+             * filter (asset.pipeline.AssetPipelineFilter) looks for a resource
+             * in folder "assets".  So we try this first, and, if not found, we
+             * look in "grails-app/assets" via fileForUri().
+             */
+            Resource res =
+                grailsApplication.mainContext.getResource("assets/${s}.js")
+            if (res.exists()) {
                 src = s
+                break
+            } else {
+                def f = AssetHelper.fileForUri(s, 'application/javascript')
+                if (f != null) {
+                    src = s
+                    break
+                }
             }
         }
+        if (log.debugEnabled) {
+            log.debug "Found asset ${src ?: name}"
+        }
 
         out << asset.javascript(src: src ?: name)
     }
diff --git a/src/groovy/asset/pipeline/i18n/I18nAssetFile.groovy b/src/groovy/asset/pipeline/i18n/I18nAssetFile.groovy
index 0a0ebd8..d74424f 100644
--- a/src/groovy/asset/pipeline/i18n/I18nAssetFile.groovy
+++ b/src/groovy/asset/pipeline/i18n/I18nAssetFile.groovy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import asset.pipeline.CacheManager
  * keys to localized messages.
  *
  * @author  Daniel Ellermann
- * @version 0.9.0
+ * @version 0.9
  */
 class I18nAssetFile extends AbstractAssetFile {