diff --git a/src/renderer/i18n/index.js b/src/renderer/i18n/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b49003fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/i18n/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import Vue from 'vue'
+import VueI18n from 'vue-i18n'
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+
+Vue.use(VueI18n)
+
+// List of locales approved for use
+const activeLocales = ['en-US', 'en_GB', 'ar', 'bg', 'cs', 'da', 'de-DE', 'el', 'es', 'es-MX', 'et', 'fi', 'fr-FR', 'gl', 'he', 'hu', 'hr', 'id', 'is', 'it', 'ja', 'nb_NO', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru', 'sk', 'sl', 'sr', 'sv', 'tr', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh-CN', 'zh-TW']
+const messages = {}
+/* eslint-disable-next-line */
+const fileLocation = isDev ? 'static/locales/' : `${__dirname}/static/locales/`
+
+// Take active locales and load respective YAML file
+activeLocales.forEach((locale) => {
+  try {
+    // File location when running in dev
+    const doc = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(`${fileLocation}${locale}.yaml`))
+    messages[locale] = doc
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(e)
+  }
+})
+
+export default new VueI18n({
+  locale: 'en-US',
+  fallbackLocale: { default: 'en-US' },
+  messages: messages
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/main.js b/src/renderer/main.js
index 2a5f1dfd2..25c15bbc5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/main.js
+++ b/src/renderer/main.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Vue from 'vue'
 import App from './App.vue'
 import router from './router/index'
 import store from './store/index'
+import i18n from './i18n/index'
 // import 'material-design-icons/iconfont/material-icons.css'
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
 import { fas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
@@ -11,9 +12,6 @@ import { faBitcoin } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons/faBitcoin'
 import { faMonero } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons/faMonero'
 import { faMastodon } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons/faMastodon'
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
-import VueI18n from 'vue-i18n'
-import yaml from 'js-yaml'
-import fs from 'fs'
 
 const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
 
@@ -24,32 +22,6 @@ Vue.config.productionTip = isDev
 library.add(fas, faGithub, faBitcoin, faMonero, faMastodon)
 
 Vue.component('FontAwesomeIcon', FontAwesomeIcon)
-Vue.use(VueI18n)
-
-// List of locales approved for use
-const activeLocales = ['en-US', 'en_GB', 'ar', 'bg', 'cs', 'da', 'de-DE', 'el', 'es', 'es-MX', 'et', 'fi', 'fr-FR', 'gl', 'he', 'hu', 'hr', 'id', 'is', 'it', 'ja', 'nb_NO', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru', 'sk', 'sl', 'sr', 'sv', 'tr', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh-CN', 'zh-TW']
-const messages = {}
-/* eslint-disable-next-line */
-const fileLocation = isDev ? 'static/locales/' : `${__dirname}/static/locales/`
-
-// Take active locales and load respective YAML file
-activeLocales.forEach((locale) => {
-  try {
-    // File location when running in dev
-    const doc = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(`${fileLocation}${locale}.yaml`))
-    messages[locale] = doc
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e)
-  }
-})
-
-const i18n = new VueI18n({
-  locale: 'en-US', // set locale
-  fallbackLocale: {
-    default: 'en-US' // for the case systems locale has no corresponding .yaml file en-US gets set
-  },
-  messages // set locale messages
-})
 
 /* eslint-disable-next-line */
 new Vue({