diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/config.ts b/packages/frontend/src/config.ts
index 4b084d365..073b21a0a 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/config.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ export const apiUrl = url + '/api';
 export const wsUrl = url.replace('http://', 'ws://').replace('https://', 'wss://') + '/streaming';
 export const lang = miLocalStorage.getItem('lang');
 export const langs = _LANGS_;
-export const locale = JSON.parse(miLocalStorage.getItem('locale'));
+export let locale = JSON.parse(miLocalStorage.getItem('locale'));
 export const version = _VERSION_;
 export const instanceName = siteName === 'Misskey' ? host : siteName;
 export const ui = miLocalStorage.getItem('ui');
 export const debug = miLocalStorage.getItem('debug') === 'true';
+
+export function updateLocale(newLocale) {
+	locale = newLocale;
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/i18n.ts b/packages/frontend/src/i18n.ts
index 31e066960..220c6210c 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/i18n.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ import { locale } from '@/config';
 import { I18n } from '@/scripts/i18n';
 
 export const i18n = markRaw(new I18n(locale));
+
+export function updateI18n(newLocale) {
+	i18n.ts = newLocale;
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/init.ts b/packages/frontend/src/init.ts
index 079003ee8..36897545e 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/init.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import widgets from '@/widgets';
 import directives from '@/directives';
 import components from '@/components';
-import { version, ui, lang, host } from '@/config';
+import { version, ui, lang, host, updateLocale } from '@/config';
 import { applyTheme } from '@/scripts/theme';
 import { isDeviceDarkmode } from '@/scripts/is-device-darkmode';
-import { i18n } from '@/i18n';
+import { i18n, updateI18n } from '@/i18n';
 import { confirm, alert, post, popup, toast } from '@/os';
 import { stream } from '@/stream';
 import * as sound from '@/scripts/sound';
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ import { fetchCustomEmojis } from './custom-emojis';
 	if (localeOutdated) {
 		const res = await window.fetch(`/assets/locales/${lang}.${version}.json`);
 		if (res.status === 200) {
-			miLocalStorage.setItem('locale', await res.text());
+			const newLocale = await res.text();
+			const parsedNewLocale = JSON.parse(newLocale);
+			miLocalStorage.setItem('locale', newLocale);
 			miLocalStorage.setItem('localeVersion', version);
-			location.reload();
+			updateLocale(parsedNewLocale);
+			updateI18n(parsedNewLocale);
 		}
 	}
 	//#endregion