diff --git a/lib/gollum.rb b/lib/gollum.rb
index 5888b000..6ac88631 100644
--- a/lib/gollum.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'digest/sha1'
 require 'ostruct'
 
 # external
+require 'i18n'
 require 'github/markup'
 require 'rhino' if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
 
@@ -14,10 +15,13 @@ require File.expand_path('../gollum/uri_encode_component', __FILE__)
 module Gollum
   VERSION = '5.2.3'
 
+  ::I18n.available_locales = [:en]
+  ::I18n.load_path = Dir[File.expand_path("lib/gollum/locales") + "/*.yml"]
+
   def self.assets_path
     ::File.expand_path('gollum/public', ::File.dirname(__FILE__))
   end
-  
+
   class TemplateFilter
     @@filters = {}
 
@@ -32,5 +36,4 @@ module Gollum
       data
     end
   end
-
 end