diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/PL/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/PL/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/PL/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/PL/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/README.md b/assets/voxygen/i18n/README.md
index 929f8d7e89..487782a1a3 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/i18n/README.md
+++ b/assets/voxygen/i18n/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ rules:
 
 To add a new language in Veloren, please follow these steps:
 - Create a new folder into the `assets/voxygen/i18n` directory
-- Copy the content of the `en` directory
-- Configure the language metadata in the `_root.ron` file
+- Copy the content of the `en` directory in your new folder
+- Configure the language metadata in the `_manifest.ron` file
 - From this point, you can start translating the files !
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/de_DE/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/en/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/en/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/en/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/en/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/es_ES/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_la/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/es_la/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/es_la/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/es_la/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/fr_FR/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/it_IT/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/nl/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/nl/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/nl/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/nl/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/no/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/no/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/no/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/no/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_BR/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/pt_PT/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/ru_RU/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/ru_RU/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/ru_RU/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/ru_RU/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/sv/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/sv/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/sv/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/sv/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/tr_TR/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/uk_UA/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_CN/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/_root.ron b/assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/_manifest.ron
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/_root.ron
rename to assets/voxygen/i18n/zh_TW/_manifest.ron
diff --git a/voxygen/src/i18n.rs b/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
index 33ba5b8cb2..2070c4b3ef 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use tracing::warn;
 /// Also the default language at first startup.
 pub const REFERENCE_LANG: &str = "en";
 
-pub const LANG_MANIFEST_FILE: &str = "_root";
+pub const LANG_MANIFEST_FILE: &str = "_manifest";
 
 /// How a language can be described
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]