diff --git a/lolautoaccept.pro b/lolautoaccept.pro
index c7db5df..4784b34 100644
--- a/lolautoaccept.pro
+++ b/lolautoaccept.pro
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ CONFIG += c++17
 # debugging
 CONFIG += debug
 
+MOC_DIR = build/generated/
+UI_DIR = build/ui/
+RCC_DIR = build/rcc/
+OBJECTS_DIR = build/objects/
+
 unix:LIBS += -lcurl -pthread -lrt
 
 # The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
@@ -82,10 +87,6 @@ HEADERS += \
 	include/stagesettings.h \
 	thirdparty/Log/Log.h
 
-MOC_DIR = build/generated/
-UI_DIR = ui/
-OBJECTS_DIR = build/
-
 FORMS += \
 	ui/championsearch.ui \
 	ui/mainwindow.ui \
@@ -96,21 +97,14 @@ FORMS += \
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/include/ \
 	$$PWD/thirdparty/Log/
 
-#TRANSLATIONS += \
-#	ts/de_DE.ts \
-#	ts/en.ts
-
+# translations
 LANGUAGES = de_DE en
+CONFIG += lrelease embed_translations
 
 TRANSLATIONS = $$prependAll(LANGUAGES, $$PWD/resources/ts/, .ts)
-TRANSLATIONSQM = $$prependAll(LANGUAGES, $$PWD/resources/ts/, .qm)
 
-makelang.commands = lrelease $$_PRO_FILE_
 updatelang.commands = lupdate $$_PRO_FILE_
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += makelang updatelang
-PRE_TARGETDEPS += makelang
-
-QMAKE_CLEAN += $$TRANSLATIONSQM
+QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += updatelang
 
 # build AppImage
 unix {
diff --git a/resources/res.qrc b/resources/res.qrc
index 8a10ac0..69aae59 100644
--- a/resources/res.qrc
+++ b/resources/res.qrc
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
-        <file>ts/de_DE.qm</file>
-        <file>ts/de_DE.ts</file>
         <file>lolautoaccept.png</file>
         <file>lolautoaccept.svg</file>
         <file>icons/top.svg</file>
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 61c6587..100f8ff 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 	QApplication app(argc, argv);
 	QTranslator translator;
-	if(translator.load(QLocale().name(), ":/ts")) {
+	if(translator.load(QLocale().name(), ":/i18n")) {
 		app.installTranslator(&translator);
 	} else {
 		qWarning() << "translation not found";