diff --git a/neo/idlib/LangDict.cpp b/neo/idlib/LangDict.cpp
index 63b477ae..f53e8bbf 100644
--- a/neo/idlib/LangDict.cpp
+++ b/neo/idlib/LangDict.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ bool idLangDict::Load( const char *fileName, bool clear /* _D3XP */ ) {
 			idLangKeyValue kv;
 			kv.key = tok;
 			kv.value = tok2;
-			assert( kv.key.Cmpn( STRTABLE_ID, STRTABLE_ID_LENGTH ) == 0 );
-			hash.Add( GetHashKey( kv.key ), args.Append( kv ) );
+			// DG: D3LE has #font_ entries in english.lang, maybe from D3BFG? not supported here, just skip them
+			if(kv.key.Cmpn("#font_", 6) != 0) {
+				assert( kv.key.Cmpn( STRTABLE_ID, STRTABLE_ID_LENGTH ) == 0 );
+				hash.Add( GetHashKey( kv.key ), args.Append( kv ) );
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	idLib::common->Printf( "%i strings read from %s\n", args.Num(), fileName );
@@ -303,8 +306,20 @@ idLangDict::GetHashKey
 */
 int idLangDict::GetHashKey( const char *str ) const {
 	int hashKey = 0;
+	// DG: Replace assertion for invalid entries with a warning that's shown only once
+	//     (for D3LE mod that seems to have lots of entries like #str_adil_exis_pda_01_audio_info)
+	const char* strbk = str;
+	static bool warnedAboutInvalidKey = false;
 	for ( str += STRTABLE_ID_LENGTH; str[0] != '\0'; str++ ) {
-		assert( str[0] >= '0' && str[0] <= '9' );
+		// assert( str[0] >= '0' && str[0] <= '9' );
+		if(!warnedAboutInvalidKey && (str[0] < '0' || str[0] > '9')) {
+			// The "hash" code here very obviously expects numbers, but apparently it still somehow works,
+			// so just warn about it and otherwise accept those entries, seems to work for D3LE?
+			idLib::common->Warning( "We have at least one invalid key in a language dict: %s\n"
+			                        " (might still work, but Doom3 really wants #str_01234, i.e. only a number after '#str_')\n", strbk );
+			warnedAboutInvalidKey = true;
+		}
+		// DG end
 		hashKey = hashKey * 10 + str[0] - '0';
 	}
 	return hashKey;