diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a58806f..6b8a73e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,12 +80,16 @@ Most shortcuts are labelled with the corresponding dropdown menu entry.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-For the apt package manager, the following Python3 packages are needed.
+For the apt package manager, the following Python3 packages are needed:
 
-* python3-pyqt5
-* python3-appdirs
-* python3-lxml
-* python3-enchant
+* `python3-pyqt5` for the GUI
+* `python3-appdirs` for locating the system's config folder
+* `python3-lxml` for writing project files
+
+These are optional, but recommended:
+
+* `python3-enchant` for spell checking
+* `python3-pycountry` for translating language codes to language names
 
 Alternatively, the packages can be installed with `pip` by running
 ```
diff --git a/nw/gui/winmain.py b/nw/gui/winmain.py
index 0c8e8d76..0900cf11 100644
--- a/nw/gui/winmain.py
+++ b/nw/gui/winmain.py
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def closeMain(self):
 
-        if self.mainConf.showGUI:
+        if self.mainConf.showGUI and self.hasProject:
             msgBox = QMessageBox()
             msgRes = msgBox.question(
                 self, "Exit", "Do you want to save changes and exit?"
diff --git a/nw/tools/spellenchant.py b/nw/tools/spellenchant.py
index afa6a3cb..61c9a012 100644
--- a/nw/tools/spellenchant.py
+++ b/nw/tools/spellenchant.py
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ import logging
 import enchant
 import nw
 
+try:
+    import pycountry
+    hasPyCountry = True
+except:
+    hasPyCountry = False
+
 from nw.tools.spellcheck import NWSpellCheck
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ class NWSpellEnchant(NWSpellCheck):
             self.theDict = enchant.Dict(theLang)
         else:
             self.theDict = enchant.DictWithPWL(theLang, projectDict)
-        logger.debug("Enchant spell checking for %s loaded" % theLang)
+        logger.debug("Enchant spell checking for language %s loaded" % theLang)
         return
 
     def checkWord(self, theWord):
@@ -46,7 +52,20 @@ class NWSpellEnchant(NWSpellCheck):
     def listDictionaries(self):
         retList = []
         for spTag, spProvider in enchant.list_dicts():
-            retList.append((spTag, "%s [%s]" % (spTag, spProvider.name)))
+            if hasPyCountry:
+                spList  = []
+                try:
+                    langObj = pycountry.languages.get(alpha_2 = spTag[:2])
+                    spList.append(langObj.name)
+                except:
+                    spList.append(spTag[:2])
+                if len(spTag) > 3:
+                    spList.append("(%s)" % spTag[3:])
+                spList.append("[%s]" % spProvider.name)
+                spName = " ".join(spList)
+            else:
+                spName = "%s [%s]" % (spTag, spProvider.name)
+            retList.append((spTag, spName))
         return retList
 
 # END Class NWSpellEnchant
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 039ca559..a83517dd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pyqt5
 appdirs
 lxml
 pyenchant
+pycountry
diff --git a/sample/sampleNovel/meta/sessionInfo.log b/sample/sampleNovel/meta/sessionInfo.log
index 1defe611..3a0f392b 100644
--- a/sample/sampleNovel/meta/sessionInfo.log
+++ b/sample/sampleNovel/meta/sessionInfo.log
@@ -210,3 +210,10 @@ Start: 2019-06-10 21:48:51  End: 2019-06-10 21:49:07  Words:        0
 Start: 2019-06-10 22:17:58  End: 2019-06-10 22:18:44  Words:        0
 Start: 2019-06-10 22:46:35  End: 2019-06-10 22:49:34  Words:        0
 Start: 2019-06-11 14:44:55  End: 2019-06-11 14:53:47  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 19:26:07  End: 2019-06-11 19:26:18  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 19:26:44  End: 2019-06-11 19:26:50  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 19:30:30  End: 2019-06-11 19:30:37  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 19:31:16  End: 2019-06-11 19:31:50  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 20:04:39  End: 2019-06-11 20:05:00  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 20:05:04  End: 2019-06-11 20:08:49  Words:        0
+Start: 2019-06-11 20:20:52  End: 2019-06-11 20:21:18  Words:        0
diff --git a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
index b7bbbada..8f8715df 100644
--- a/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
+++ b/sample/sampleNovel/nwProject.nwx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.1.5" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-06-11 14:46:19">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="0.1.5" fileVersion="1.0" timeStamp="2019-06-11 20:21:18">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       <charCount>736</charCount>
       <wordCount>137</wordCount>
       <paraCount>6</paraCount>
-      <cursorPos>738</cursorPos>
+      <cursorPos>473</cursorPos>
     </item>
     <item handle="bc0cbd2a407f3" order="2" parent="e7ded148d6e4a">
       <name>New File</name>