diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index d06168f..467ccc2 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -1121,8 +1121,11 @@ void GMenu2X::options() {
 	int prevbacklight = confInt["backlight"];
 	bool showRootFolder = fileExists(CARD_ROOT);
 
-	FileLister fl_tr("translations");
+	FileLister fl_tr(GMENU2X_SYSTEM_DIR "/translations");
 	fl_tr.browse();
+	fl_tr.setPath(getHome() + "/translations", false);
+	fl_tr.browse(false);
+
 	fl_tr.insertFile("English");
 	string lang = tr.lang();
 
diff --git a/src/translator.cpp b/src/translator.cpp
index d1c5553..56f3c5c 100644
--- a/src/translator.cpp
+++ b/src/translator.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "translator.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "gmenu2x.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ void Translator::setLang(const string &lang) {
 	translations.clear();
 
 	string line;
-	ifstream infile (string("translations/"+lang).c_str(), ios_base::in);
+	ifstream infile ((GMenu2X::getHome() + "/translations/" + lang).c_str(), ios_base::in);
+	if (!infile.is_open())
+	  infile.open((string(GMENU2X_SYSTEM_DIR "/translations/") + lang).c_str(), ios_base::in);
+
 	if (infile.is_open()) {
 		while (getline(infile, line, '\n')) {
 			line = trim(line);