diff --git a/src/paths.js b/src/paths.js
index 0106f9dfa..a3e673674 100644
--- a/src/paths.js
+++ b/src/paths.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     INFRA_VERSION_FILE: path.join(baseDir(), 'platformdata/INFRA_VERSION'),
     CRON_SEED_FILE: path.join(baseDir(), 'platformdata/CRON_SEED'),
     DASHBOARD_DIR: constants.TEST ? path.join(__dirname, '../dashboard/src') : path.join(baseDir(), 'box/dashboard/dist'),
+    TRANSLATIONS_DIR: constants.TEST ? path.join(__dirname, '../dashboard/src/translation') : path.join(baseDir(), 'box/dashboard/dist/translation'),
 
     PROVIDER_FILE: '/etc/cloudron/PROVIDER',
     SETUP_TOKEN_FILE: '/etc/cloudron/SETUP_TOKEN',
diff --git a/src/translations.js b/src/translations.js
index 1824dbf6c..df0f257c5 100644
--- a/src/translations.js
+++ b/src/translations.js
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
     safe = require('safetydance');
 
-const TRANSLATION_FOLDER = path.join(paths.DASHBOARD_DIR, 'translation');
-
 // to be used together with getTranslations() => { translations, fallback }
 function translate(input, assets) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof input, 'string');
@@ -51,19 +49,19 @@ function translate(input, assets) {
 }
 
 async function getTranslations() {
-    const fallback = safe.JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(TRANSLATION_FOLDER, 'en.json'), 'utf8'));
+    const fallback = safe.JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(paths.TRANSLATIONS_DIR, 'en.json'), 'utf8'));
     if (!fallback) debug(`getTranslations: Fallback language en not found. ${safe.error.message}`);
 
     const lang = await cloudron.getLanguage();
 
-    const translations = safe.JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(TRANSLATION_FOLDER, lang + '.json'), 'utf8'));
+    const translations = safe.JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(paths.TRANSLATIONS_DIR, lang + '.json'), 'utf8'));
     if (!translations) debug(`getTranslations: Requested language ${lang} not found. ${safe.error.message}`);
 
     return { translations: translations || {}, fallback: fallback || {} };
 }
 
 async function listLanguages() {
-    const [error, result] = await safe(fs.promises.readdir(TRANSLATION_FOLDER));
+    const [error, result] = await safe(fs.promises.readdir(paths.TRANSLATIONS_DIR));
     if (error) {
         debug('listLanguages: Failed to list translations. %o', error);
         return [ 'en' ]; // we always return english to avoid dashboard breakage