diff --git a/app/assets/js/langloader.js b/app/assets/js/langloader.js
index a4bacbe1..c023aed6 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/langloader.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/langloader.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const toml = require('toml')
+const merge = require('lodash.merge')
 
 let lang
 
 exports.loadLanguage = function(id){
-    lang = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lang', `${id}.toml`))) || {}
+    lang = merge(lang || {}, toml.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lang', `${id}.toml`))) || {})
 }
 
 exports.query = function(id, placeHolders){
@@ -29,4 +30,12 @@ exports.queryJS = function(id, placeHolders){
 
 exports.queryEJS = function(id, placeHolders){
     return exports.query(`ejs.${id}`, placeHolders)
+}
+
+exports.setupLanguage = function(){
+    // Load Language Files
+    exports.loadLanguage('en_US')
+
+    // Uncomment this when translations are ready
+    //exports.loadLanguage('xx_XX')
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/js/preloader.js b/app/assets/js/preloader.js
index ae01bb83..95ead733 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/preloader.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/preloader.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DistroAPI['commonDir'] = ConfigManager.getCommonDirectory()
 DistroAPI['instanceDir'] = ConfigManager.getInstanceDirectory()
 
 // Load Strings
-LangLoader.loadLanguage('en_US')
+LangLoader.setupLanguage()
 
 /**
  * 
diff --git a/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js b/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
index b675cea9..06d29ecb 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
+++ b/app/assets/js/scripts/landing.js
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ let newsLoadingListener = null
  */
 function setNewsLoading(val){
     if(val){
-        const nLStr = Lang.queryJS('landing.news.loading')
+        const nLStr = Lang.queryJS('landing.news.checking')
         let dotStr = '..'
         nELoadSpan.innerHTML = nLStr + dotStr
         newsLoadingListener = setInterval(() => {
diff --git a/app/settings.ejs b/app/settings.ejs
index 18bec3c5..fd83121f 100644
--- a/app/settings.ejs
+++ b/app/settings.ejs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
                         <button class="settingsFileSelButton" id="settingsJavaExecSel" dialogTitle="<%- lang('settings.javaExecSelDialogTitle') %>" dialogDirectory="false"><%- lang('settings.javaExecSelButtonText') %></button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
-                <div class="settingsFileSelDesc"><%- lang('settings.javaExecDesc') %> <strong id="settingsJavaReqDesc"><%- lang('settings.javaReqDesc') %></strong><br><%- lang('settings.javaPathDesc', {'pathSuffix': `bin${process.platform === 'win32' ? '\\\\javaw.exe' : '/java'}`}) %></div>
+                <div class="settingsFileSelDesc"><%- lang('settings.javaExecDesc') %> <strong id="settingsJavaReqDesc"><%- lang('settings.javaReqDesc') %></strong><br><%- lang('settings.javaPathDesc', {'pathSuffix': `bin${process.platform === 'win32' ? '\\javaw.exe' : '/java'}`}) %></div>
             </div>
             <div id="settingsJVMOptsContainer">
                 <div id="settingsJVMOptsTitle"><%- lang('settings.jvmOptsTitle') %></div>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 74183b80..90ad8e98 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ const path                              = require('path')
 const semver                            = require('semver')
 const { pathToFileURL }                 = require('url')
 const { AZURE_CLIENT_ID, MSFT_OPCODE, MSFT_REPLY_TYPE, MSFT_ERROR, SHELL_OPCODE } = require('./app/assets/js/ipcconstants')
+const LangLoader                        = require('./app/assets/js/langloader')
 
 // Setup Lang
-const LangLoader = require('./app/assets/js/langloader')
-LangLoader.loadLanguage('en_US')
+LangLoader.setupLanguage()
 
 // Setup auto updater.
 function initAutoUpdater(event, data) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ba4abbd..7cce4d87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "helios-core": "~2.0.5",
     "helios-distribution-types": "^1.2.0",
     "jquery": "^3.7.0",
+    "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
     "semver": "^7.5.4",
     "toml": "^3.0.0"
   },