diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index 86165066..09e146e6 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(const char *treename)
 		}
 	}
 
-	db = _alpm_db_new(dbpath, treename);
+	/* Ensure the db gets the real path. */
+	path[0] = '\0';
+	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%ssync/", dbpath);
+
+	db = _alpm_db_new(path, treename);
 	if(db == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_CREATE, NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/po/de.po b/lib/libalpm/po/de.po
index d3e692b9..2b9eb692 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/po/de.po
+++ b/lib/libalpm/po/de.po
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ msgstr "Datenbank-Pfad ist nicht definiert"
 
 #: lib/libalpm/deps.c:187
 msgid "dependency cycle detected\n"
-msgstr "Abhängigkeits-Zyklus entdeckt: %s"
+msgstr "Abhängigkeits-Zyklus entdeckt\n"
 
 #: lib/libalpm/deps.c:646
 #, c-format