diff --git a/imports/locale/shared.lua b/imports/locale/shared.lua
index cabb5bf..044ec32 100644
--- a/imports/locale/shared.lua
+++ b/imports/locale/shared.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local dict
+local dict = {}
 
 ---@param str string
 ---@param ... string | number
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function locale(str, ...)
 		return lstr
 	end
 
-	return ("Translation for '%s' does not exist"):format(str)
+	return str
 end
 
 ---@return { [string]: string }
@@ -23,8 +23,19 @@ function lib.getLocales()
 end
 
 function lib.loadLocale()
-	local JSON = LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, ('locales/%s.json'):format(GetConvar('ox:locale', 'en'))) or LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, 'locales/en.json')
-	dict = JSON and json.decode(JSON) or {}
+	local locales = json.decode(LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, ('locales/%s.json'):format(GetConvar('ox:locale', 'en'))) or LoadResourceFile(cache.resource, 'locales/en.json') or '[]')
+
+    for k, v in pairs(locales) do
+        for var in v:gmatch('${[%w%s%p]-}') do
+            local locale = locales[var:sub(3, -2)]
+
+            if locale then
+                v = v:gsub(var, locale:gsub('%%', '%%%%'))
+            end
+        end
+
+        dict[k] = v
+    end
 end
 
 return lib.loadLocale