diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4e031399..fcab9e323 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ api-docs.json
 ormconfig.json
 /custom
 packages/backend/assets/instance.css
+/locales/custom
 
 # blender backups
 *.blend1
diff --git a/locales/index.js b/locales/index.js
index 3be17d471..94643a76e 100644
--- a/locales/index.js
+++ b/locales/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
+let languages = []
+let languages_custom = []
 
 const merge = (...args) => args.reduce((a, c) => ({
 	...a,
@@ -13,12 +15,18 @@ const merge = (...args) => args.reduce((a, c) => ({
 		.reduce((a, [k, v]) => (a[k] = merge(v, c[k]), a), {})
 }), {});
 
-languages = []
 
 fs.readdirSync(__dirname).forEach((file) => {
 	if (file.includes('.yml')){
 		file = file.slice(0, file.indexOf('.'))
-		languages.push(file)
+		languages.push(file);
+	}
+})
+
+fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/custom').forEach((file) => {
+	if (file.includes('.yml')){
+		file = file.slice(0, file.indexOf('.'))
+		languages_custom.push(file);
 	}
 })
 
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ const primaries = {
 const clean = (text) => text.replace(new RegExp(String.fromCodePoint(0x08), 'g'), '');
 
 const locales = languages.reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = yaml.load(clean(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/${c}.yml`, 'utf-8'))) || {}, a), {});
+const locales_custom = languages_custom.reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = yaml.load(clean(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/custom/${c}.yml`, 'utf-8'))) || {}, a), {});
+Object.assign(locales, locales_custom)
 
 module.exports = Object.entries(locales)
 	.reduce((a, [k ,v]) => (a[k] = (() => {