diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/availableLangs.ts b/packages/i18n/src/availableLangs.ts
index 8244d464b..775b23c6c 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/availableLangs.ts
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/availableLangs.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * - English: `en`
  * - French: `fr`
  */
- export const appLangs = ['en', 'fr'] as const;
- export type appLangsType = typeof appLangs[number];
+export const appLangs = ['en', 'fr', 'de'] as const;
+export type appLangsType = typeof appLangs[number];
 
  /**
   * available languages for mirrors (ISO 639-1):
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
   * - Zhuang, Chuang: `za`
   * - Zulu: `zu`
   */
- export const mirrorsLang = [
+export const mirrorsLang = [
      'xx',
      'ab',
      'aa',
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@
      'yo',
      'za',
      'zu',
- ] as const;
+] as const;
 
- export type mirrorsLangsType = Mutable<typeof mirrorsLang[number]>
+export type mirrorsLangsType = Mutable<typeof mirrorsLang[number]>
 
  type Mutable<T> = {
    -readonly [Key in keyof T]: T[Key];
diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/loadLocale.ts b/packages/i18n/src/loadLocale.ts
index ca9aa03fc..c5b1b5ffa 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/loadLocale.ts
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/loadLocale.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports */
 import type { appLangsType } from '@i18n';
 import type { ConfigType } from 'dayjs'; //=> this is just because we need ILocale interface which isn't exported
@@ -17,12 +16,26 @@ export async function importLocale(locale: appLangsType) {
   const quasarLangs = import.meta.glob('../../../node_modules/quasar/lang/*.mjs');
   const dayJSLangs = import.meta.glob('../../../node_modules/dayjs/esm/locale/*.js');
 
-  const quasarSpecific = locale === 'en' ? 'en-US' : locale;
+  let quasar: { default: QuasarLanguage } | undefined;
+  let dayjs: { default: ILocale } | undefined;
+
+  try {
+    quasar = await quasarLangs[ `../../../node_modules/quasar/lang/${locale}.mjs` ]() as unknown as { default: QuasarLanguage };
+  } catch(err) {
+    quasar = await quasarLangs[ '../../../node_modules/quasar/lang/en-US.mjs' ]() as unknown as { default: QuasarLanguage };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    dayjs = await dayJSLangs[ `../../../node_modules/dayjs/esm/locale/${ locale }.js` ]() as { default: ILocale };
+  } catch(err) {
+    dayjs = await dayJSLangs[ '../../../node_modules/dayjs/esm/locale/en.js' ]() as { default: ILocale };
+  }
+
+  if(!dayjs || !quasar) throw Error('couldn\'t load locales');
 
-  const quasar = await quasarLangs[ `../../../node_modules/quasar/lang/${quasarSpecific}.mjs` ]() as unknown as { default: QuasarLanguage };
-  const dayjs = await dayJSLangs[ `../../../node_modules/dayjs/esm/locale/${ locale }.js` ]() as { default: ILocale };
   return {
     dayjs: dayjs.default,
     quasar: quasar.default,
   };
+
 }
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/locales/index.ts b/packages/renderer/src/locales/index.ts
index a6fdeb719..30a6ef011 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/locales/index.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/locales/index.ts
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@ export function setupI18n(options:I18nOptions<{ message: MessageSchema }, appLan
   return i18n;
 }
 
-export function setI18nLanguage(i18n:I18n<unknown, unknown, unknown, string, true>, locale:appLangsType) {
+export async function setI18nLanguage(i18n:I18n<unknown, unknown, unknown, string, true>, locale:appLangsType) {
 
-  loadLocale(locale).then(messages => {
-    /** vue-i18n */
-    i18n.global.locale = locale;
-    i18n.global.setLocaleMessage(locale, messages);
+  const messages = await loadLocale(locale);
+  i18n.global.locale = locale;
+  i18n.global.setLocaleMessage(locale, messages);
+
+  const imported = await importLocale(locale);
+  Quasar.lang.set(imported.quasar);
+  dayjs.locale(imported.dayjs);
+  dayjs.extend(dayjsrelative);
+  dayjs.extend(dayjslocalizedformat);
 
-    importLocale(locale).then(imp => {
-      Quasar.lang.set(imp.quasar);
-      dayjs.locale(imp.dayjs);
-      dayjs.extend(dayjsrelative);
-      dayjs.extend(dayjslocalizedformat);
-    });
-  });
 }