diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 978dbbe..34d390c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl Localiser {
 	}
 
 	/// Extracts a message from the requested bundle, or from the default one if absent. 
-	pub fn get_message(&self, key: &str, language: &str, args: Option<&FluentArgs>) -> Result<String> {
+	pub fn try_get_message(&self, key: &str, language: &str, args: Option<&FluentArgs>) -> Result<String> {
 		let bundle = self.bundles.get(language)
 			.or_else(|| self.bundles.get(&self.default_language))
 			.ok_or(error::Error::GenericError("Failed to get default bundle! This is not supposed to happen!".to_string()))?;
@@ -135,4 +135,10 @@ impl Localiser {
 			Err(error::Error::FluentError(err))
 		}
 	}
+
+	/// Similar to [Localiser::try_get_message], but returns the given key on failure.
+	pub fn get_message(&self, key: &str, language: &str, args: Option<&FluentArgs>) -> String {
+		self.try_get_message(key, language, args)
+			.unwrap_or(key.to_string())
+	}
 }