diff --git a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
index 1ba6fad..1277f8d 100644
--- a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
+++ b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
@@ -192,13 +192,12 @@ def parse():
     import gettext
     try:
         set_lang = gettext.locale.getdefaultlocale()[0][:2]
-        lang = gettext.translation('cl_consolegui3', languages=[set_lang])
+        lang = gettext.translation('cl_consolegui3', languages=[set_lang],fallback=True)
+        try:
+            lang.install(unicode=True)
+        except UnboundLocalError:
+            pass
     except (IOError, TypeError):
-        lang = gettext.translation('cl_consolegui3', languages=['en'])
-
-    try:
-        lang.install(unicode=True)
-    except UnboundLocalError:
         pass
 
     import argparse
diff --git a/consolegui/application/MainClass.py b/consolegui/application/MainClass.py
index 1617536..7cd2d7d 100755
--- a/consolegui/application/MainClass.py
+++ b/consolegui/application/MainClass.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class ApiClient(QtGui.QWidget):
                                            languages=[self.lang])
             except IOError:
                 self.lang = 'en'
+                lang = gettext.translation('cl_consolegui3',fallback=True)
 
         try:
             lang.install(unicode=True)