diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eef2f82d..bf5be0bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2021-01-01._
 - update node-ical version again, 0.12.5, change RRULE fix (#2371, #2379)
 - Added missing function call in module.show()
 - remove undefined objects from modules array (#2382)
+- Translator variables can have falsy values (e.g. empty string)
 
 ## [2.13.0] - 2020-10-01
 
diff --git a/js/translator.js b/js/translator.js
index 5dc50045..82eec53a 100644
--- a/js/translator.js
+++ b/js/translator.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var Translator = (function () {
 					template = variables.fallback;
 				}
 				return template.replace(new RegExp("{([^}]+)}", "g"), function (_unused, varName) {
-					return variables[varName] || "{" + varName + "}";
+					return varName in variables ? variables[varName] : "{" + varName + "}";
 				});
 			}