diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2205646d..ec914d56 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         'index.html',
         'conversation.html',
         'options.html',
+        '_locales/**',
         'protos/*',
         'js/**',
         'stylesheets/*.css',
diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c63c085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{
+}
diff --git a/_locales/it/messages.json b/_locales/it/messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c63c085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_locales/it/messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{
+}
diff --git a/js/chromium.js b/js/chromium.js
index 3e3a17be..47b2c085 100644
--- a/js/chromium.js
+++ b/js/chromium.js
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@
         }
     };
 
+    // Translate
+    window.i18n = function(message) {
+        return chrome.i18n.getMessage(message);
+    };
+
     window.textsecure = window.textsecure || {};
     window.textsecure.registration = {
         done: function () {
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index f948bf6e..62a73d81 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "version": "0.1.5",
     "offline_enabled": false,
     "minimum_chrome_version": "37",
+    "default_locale": "en",
 
     "permissions": [
       "unlimitedStorage",