diff --git a/common/src/assets.rs b/common/src/assets.rs
index 40cad4e8e6..5ddf97d0ba 100644
--- a/common/src/assets.rs
+++ b/common/src/assets.rs
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ lazy_static! {
     };
 }
 
+/// Returns the actual path of the specifier with the extension.
+///
+/// For directories, give `""` as extension.
+pub fn path_of(specifier: &str, ext: &str) -> PathBuf { ASSETS.source().path_of(specifier, ext) }
+
 fn get_dir_files(files: &mut Vec<String>, path: &Path, specifier: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
     for entry in fs::read_dir(path)? {
         if let Ok(entry) = entry {
diff --git a/voxygen/src/i18n.rs b/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
index 47756afe3e..62413bd316 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/i18n.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ impl assets::Compound for Localization {
 pub fn list_localizations() -> Vec<LanguageMetadata> {
     let mut languages = vec![];
     // List language directories
-    for i18n_directory in std::fs::read_dir("assets/voxygen/i18n").unwrap() {
+    let i18n_root = assets::path_of("voxygen.i18n", "");
+    for i18n_directory in std::fs::read_dir(&i18n_root).unwrap() {
         if let Ok(i18n_entry) = i18n_directory {
             if let Some(i18n_key) = i18n_entry.file_name().to_str() {
                 // load the root file of all the subdirectories