diff --git a/controllers/BaseController.php b/controllers/BaseController.php
index ec34b7ff..309ed626 100644
--- a/controllers/BaseController.php
+++ b/controllers/BaseController.php
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class BaseController
 		$this->View->set('__n', function ($number, $singularForm, $pluralForm) use ($localizationService) {
 			return $localizationService->__n($number, $singularForm, $pluralForm);
 		});
+		$this->View->set('LocalizationStrings', $localizationService->GetPoAsJsonString());
 
 		// TODO: Better handle this generically based on the current language (header in .po file?)
 		$dir = 'ltr';
diff --git a/public/js/grocy.js b/public/js/grocy.js
index f0c91b47..99fdeed3 100644
--- a/public/js/grocy.js
+++ b/public/js/grocy.js
@@ -231,28 +231,13 @@ U = function(relativePath)
 	return Grocy.BaseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '') + relativePath;
 }
 
-Grocy.Translator = new Translator(); // Dummy, real instance is loaded async below
-Grocy.Api.Get("system/localization-strings?v=" + Grocy.Version + "&language=" + Grocy.Culture,
-	function(response)
-	{
-		Grocy.Translator = new Translator(response);
-
-		if (Grocy.Mode === "dev")
-		{
-			Grocy.LocalizationStrings = response.messages[""];
-		}
-	},
-	function(xhr)
-	{
-		console.error(xhr);
-	}
-);
+Grocy.Translator = new Translator(Grocy.LocalizationStrings);
 __t = function(text, ...placeholderValues)
 {
 	if (Grocy.Mode === "dev")
 	{
 		var text2 = text;
-		if (Grocy.LocalizationStrings && !Grocy.LocalizationStrings.hasOwnProperty(text2))
+		if (Grocy.LocalizationStrings && !Grocy.LocalizationStrings.messages[""].hasOwnProperty(text2))
 		{
 			Grocy.Api.Post('system/log-missing-localization', { "text": text2 });
 		}
@@ -265,7 +250,7 @@ __n = function(number, singularForm, pluralForm)
 	if (Grocy.Mode === "dev")
 	{
 		var singularForm2 = singularForm;
-		if (Grocy.LocalizationStrings && !Grocy.LocalizationStrings.hasOwnProperty(singularForm2))
+		if (Grocy.LocalizationStrings && !Grocy.LocalizationStrings.messages[""].hasOwnProperty(singularForm2))
 		{
 			Grocy.Api.Post('system/log-missing-localization', { "text": singularForm2 });
 		}
diff --git a/views/layout/default.blade.php b/views/layout/default.blade.php
index 29abe35b..28da8c3e 100644
--- a/views/layout/default.blade.php
+++ b/views/layout/default.blade.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 		Grocy.Currency = '{{ GROCY_CURRENCY }}';
 		Grocy.CalendarFirstDayOfWeek = '{{ GROCY_CALENDAR_FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK }}';
 		Grocy.CalendarShowWeekNumbers = {{ BoolToString(GROCY_CALENDAR_SHOW_WEEK_OF_YEAR) }};
+		Grocy.LocalizationStrings = {!! $LocalizationStrings !!};
 		Grocy.FeatureFlags = {!! json_encode($featureFlags) !!};
 		Grocy.Webhooks = {
 		@if(GROCY_FEATURE_FLAG_LABELPRINTER && !GROCY_LABEL_PRINTER_RUN_SERVER)