diff --git a/.github/locales.py b/.github/locales.py
index 1c79c093..04d9cd13 100644
--- a/.github/locales.py
+++ b/.github/locales.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import re
 import glob
 import requests
+import lxml.etree as ET  # builtin library doesn't preserve comments
 
 
 SETTINGS_PATH = "app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.kt"
@@ -45,4 +46,16 @@ open(SETTINGS_PATH, "w+",encoding='utf-8').write(
     "\n" +
     END_MARKER +
     after_src
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+# Go through each values.xml file and fix escaped \@string
+for file in glob.glob(f"{XML_NAME}*/strings.xml"):
+    try:
+        tree = ET.parse(file)
+        for child in tree.getroot():
+            if child.text.startswith("\\@string/"):
+                print(f"[{file}] fixing {child.attrib['name']}")
+                child.text = child.text.replace("\\@string/", "@string/")
+        tree.write(file, encoding="utf-8", method="xml", pretty_print=True, xml_declaration=True)
+    except ET.ParseError as ex:
+        print(f"[{file}] {ex}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_locales.yml b/.github/workflows/update_locales.yml
index 93cdca44..628e9bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_locales.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_locales.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Update locale lists
+name: Fix locale issues
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
       - master
 
 concurrency: 
-  group: "locale-list"
+  group: "locale"
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip3 install lxml
     - name: Edit files
       run: |
         python3 .github/locales.py
@@ -35,5 +38,5 @@ jobs:
         git config --local user.name "recloudstream[bot]"
         git add .
         # "echo" returns true so the build succeeds, even if no changed files
-        git commit -m 'update list of locales' || echo
+        git commit -m 'chore(locales): fix locale issues' || echo
         git push