diff --git a/package/shared/index.ts b/package/shared/index.ts
index c1cb5de..16f2c12 100644
--- a/package/shared/index.ts
+++ b/package/shared/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 export * from './resource';
+
+// https://www.raygesualdo.com/posts/flattening-object-keys-with-typescript-types/
+export type FlattenObjectKeys<T extends Record<string, unknown>, Key = keyof T> = Key extends string
+  ? T[Key] extends Record<string, unknown>
+    ? `${Key}.${FlattenObjectKeys<T[Key]>}`
+    : `${Key}`
+  : never;
diff --git a/package/shared/resource/locale/index.ts b/package/shared/resource/locale/index.ts
index 8a264d5..67c24ee 100644
--- a/package/shared/resource/locale/index.ts
+++ b/package/shared/resource/locale/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ import { printf } from 'fast-printf';
 
 const dict: Record<string, string> = {};
 
+function flattenDict(source: Record<string, any>, target: Record<string, string>, prefix?: string) {
+  for (const key in source) {
+    const fullKey = prefix ? `${prefix}.${key}` : key;
+    const value = source[key];
+
+    if (typeof value === 'object') flattenDict(value, target, fullKey);
+    else target[fullKey] = String(value);
+  }
+
+  return target;
+}
+
 export const locale = (str: string, ...args: any[]) => {
   const lstr = dict[str];
 
@@ -21,15 +33,28 @@ export const locale = (str: string, ...args: any[]) => {
 
 export const getLocales = () => dict;
 
+export function getLocale(resource: string, key: string) {
+  let locale = dict[key];
+
+  if (locale) console.warn(`overwritin existing locale '${key} (${locale})`);
+
+  locale = exports[resource].getLocale(key);
+  dict[key] = locale;
+
+  if (!locale) console.warn(`no locale exists with key '${key} in resource '${resource}`);
+
+  return locale;
+}
+
 export const initLocale = () => {
   const lang = GetConvar('ox:locale', 'en');
-  let locales: unknown = JSON.parse(LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, `locales/${lang}.json`));
+  let locales: typeof dict = JSON.parse(LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, `locales/${lang}.json`));
 
   if (!locales) {
     console.warn(`could not load 'locales/${lang}.json'`);
 
     if (lang !== 'en') {
-      locales = LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, 'locales/en.json');
+      locales = JSON.parse(LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, 'locales/en.json'));
 
       if (!locales) {
         console.warn(`could not load 'locales/en.json'`);
@@ -39,7 +64,9 @@ export const initLocale = () => {
     if (!locales) return;
   }
 
-  for (let [k, v] of Object.entries(locales)) {
+  const flattened = flattenDict(locales, {});
+
+  for (let [k, v] of Object.entries(flattened)) {
     if (typeof v === 'string') {
       const regExp = new RegExp(/\$\{([^}]+)\}/g);
 
@@ -49,7 +76,7 @@ export const initLocale = () => {
         for (const match of matches) {
           if (!match) break;
           const variable = match.substring(2, match.length - 1) as keyof typeof locales;
-          let locale: string = locales[variable];
+          let locale: string = flattened[variable];
 
           if (locale) {
             v = v.replace(match, locale);