diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 362d6604dc..1e46c3c667 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -86,20 +86,18 @@
 
 			global.templates = {};
 
-			translator.loadAll(function () {
-				// todo: replace below with read directory code, derp.
-				templates.init([
-					'header', 'footer', 'logout', 'outgoing', 'admin/header', 'admin/footer', 'admin/index',
-					'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext', 'emails/email_confirm', 'emails/email_confirm_plaintext',
-					'emails/header', 'emails/footer',
+			translator.loadServer();
 
-					'noscript/header', 'noscript/home', 'noscript/category', 'noscript/topic'
-				]);
-
-				templates.ready(webserver.init);
-			});
+			// todo: replace below with read directory code, derp.
+			templates.init([
+				'header', 'footer', 'logout', 'outgoing', 'admin/header', 'admin/footer', 'admin/index',
+				'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext', 'emails/email_confirm', 'emails/email_confirm_plaintext',
+				'emails/header', 'emails/footer',
 
+				'noscript/header', 'noscript/home', 'noscript/category', 'noscript/topic'
+			]);
 
+			templates.ready(webserver.init);
 		});
 
 	} else if (nconf.get('upgrade')) {
diff --git a/public/language/en/login.json b/public/language/en/login.json
index f63e708750..947395a46d 100644
--- a/public/language/en/login.json
+++ b/public/language/en/login.json
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 	"password": "Password",
 	"remember_me": "Remember Me?",
 	"forgot_password": "Forgot Password?",
-	"alternative_logins": "Alternative Logins"
+	"alternative_logins": "Alternative Logins",
+	"failed_login_attempt": "Failed login attempt, please try again.",
+	"login_successful": "You have successfully logged in!"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/language/en/topic.json b/public/language/en/topic.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d83049ef5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/language/en/topic.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"favourites.not_logged_in.title": "Not Logged In",
+	"favourites.not_logged_in.message": "Please log in in order to favourite this post"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/translator.js b/public/src/translator.js
index ea2709e95d..645faa378d 100644
--- a/public/src/translator.js
+++ b/public/src/translator.js
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 	/*global RELATIVE_PATH*/
 
 	/*
-	 * TODO: language en is hardcoded while system is developed.
+	 * TODO:
+	 *
+	 * 1. language en is hardcoded while system is developed.
+	 * 2. recursion needed when parsing language keys (ex. topics:modal.delete.title), right now json is all one level deep
 	 */
 
 	var translator = {},
@@ -11,11 +14,20 @@
 			loaded: {},
 			loading: {},
 			callbacks: {}
-		};
+		},
+		isServer = false;
 
 	module.exports = translator;
 
 	translator.load = function (filename, callback) {
+		if (isServer === true) {
+			if (callback) {
+				callback(files.loaded[filename]);
+			}
+
+			return files.loaded[filename];
+		}
+
 		if (files.loaded[filename] && !files.loading[filename]) {
 			if (callback) {
 				callback(files.loaded[filename]);
@@ -46,7 +58,9 @@
 		}
 	};
 
-	translator.loadAll = function (callback) {
+	translator.loadServer = function () {
+		isServer = true;
+
 		var utils = require('./utils.js'),
 			path = require('path'),
 			fs = require('fs');
@@ -56,16 +70,7 @@
 
 			for (var d in data) {
 				if (data.hasOwnProperty(d)) {
-					(function (file) {
-						fs.readFile(file, function (err, json) {
-							files.loaded[path.basename(file).replace('json', '')] = json;
-
-							loaded--;
-							if (loaded === 0) {
-								callback();
-							}
-						});
-					}(data[d]));
+					files.loaded[path.basename(data[d]).replace('.json', '')] = require(data[d]);
 				}
 			}
 		});
@@ -74,13 +79,22 @@
 	/*
 	 * TODO: DRY, see translator.translate. The hard part is to make sure both work node.js / js side
 	 */
-	translator.get = function (key) {
+	translator.get = function (key, callback) {
+		//console.log(files.loaded);
 		var parsedKey = key.split(':'),
 			languageFile = parsedKey[0];
 
 		parsedKey = parsedKey[1];
+		console.log(parsedKey);
+		translator.load(languageFile, function (languageData) {
+			console.log(languageData[parsedKey]);
+			if (callback) {
+				console.log('herped');
+				callback(languageData[parsedKey]);
+			}
 
-		return files.loaded[languageFile][parsedKey];
+			return languageData[parsedKey];
+		});
 	};
 
 
diff --git a/src/favourites.js b/src/favourites.js
index 1691e20f13..2ceedeb637 100644
--- a/src/favourites.js
+++ b/src/favourites.js
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
-	user = require('./user.js');
+	user = require('./user.js'),
+	translator = require('./../public/src/translator.js');
 
 (function (Favourites) {
 	"use strict";
 
 	Favourites.favourite = function (pid, room_id, uid, socket) {
 		if (uid === 0) {
+			var not_logged_in = {
+				message: translator.get('topic:favourites.not_logged_in.message'),
+				title: translator.get('topic:favourites.not_logged_in.title')
+			};
+
 			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				alert_id: 'post_favourite',
-				title: 'Not Logged In',
-				message: 'Please log in in order to favourite this post',
+				title: not_logged_in.title,
+				message: not_logged_in.message,
 				type: 'danger',
 				timeout: 5000
 			});