diff --git a/src/components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal.tsx b/src/components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal.tsx
index 022160c2e..2ab897d06 100644
--- a/src/components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PluginSettings/ContributorModal.tsx
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ function ContributorModal({ user }: { user: User; }) {
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            <Translate i18nKey="vencord.components.pluginSettings.contributorModal.contributed" variables={{ count: plugins.length }}>
-                <Link href="https://vencord.dev/source" />
-            </Translate>
+            <Forms.FormText>
+                <Translate i18nKey="vencord.components.pluginSettings.contributorModal.contributed" variables={{ count: plugins.length }}>
+                    <Link href="https://vencord.dev/source" />
+                </Translate>
+            </Forms.FormText>
 
             {!!plugins.length && (
                 <div className={cl("plugins")}>
diff --git a/src/plugins/_core/translation.ts b/src/plugins/_core/translation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeb6cb547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/_core/translation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { Devs } from "@utils/constants";
+import { setLocale } from "@utils/translation";
+import definePlugin from "@utils/types";
+import { i18n } from "@webpack/common";
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "Translation",
+    required: true,
+    description: "Assists with translating Vencord",
+    authors: [Devs.lewisakura],
+
+    flux: {
+        USER_SETTINGS_PROTO_UPDATE({ settings }) {
+            setLocale(settings.proto.localization.locale.value);
+        }
+    },
+
+    start() {
+        setLocale(i18n.getLocale());
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/translation.tsx b/src/utils/translation.tsx
index 14ea8657f..6da989bea 100644
--- a/src/utils/translation.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/translation.tsx
@@ -5,28 +5,31 @@
  */
 
 import { negotiateLanguages } from "@fluent/langneg";
-import { FluxDispatcher, i18n, React } from "@webpack/common";
+import { React } from "@webpack/common";
 
 import translations from "~translations";
 
+import { localStorage } from "./localStorage";
 import { Logger } from "./Logger";
 
 const logger = new Logger("Translations", "#7bc876");
 
 let loadedLocale: Record<string, any>;
 
-let lastDiscordLocale = i18n.getLocale();
+let lastDiscordLocale: string = localStorage.getItem("vcLocale")!;
 let bestLocale: string;
 
-FluxDispatcher.subscribe("USER_SETTINGS_PROTO_UPDATE", ({ settings }) => {
-    if (settings.proto.localization.locale.value !== lastDiscordLocale) {
-        lastDiscordLocale = settings.proto.localization.locale.value;
+export function setLocale(locale: string) {
+    if (locale === lastDiscordLocale) return;
 
-        reloadLocale();
-    }
-});
+    localStorage.setItem("vcLocale", locale);
 
-reloadLocale();
+    lastDiscordLocale = locale;
+
+    reloadLocale();
+}
+
+if (lastDiscordLocale) reloadLocale();
 
 function reloadLocale() {
     // finds the best locale based on the available ones
diff --git a/translations/de/vencord.json b/translations/de/vencord.json
index e0eb9c77a..da9941495 100644
--- a/translations/de/vencord.json
+++ b/translations/de/vencord.json
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 {
-    "hello": "Hallo {name}!"
+    "components": {
+        "pluginSettings": {
+            "contributorModal": {
+                "contributed": {
+                    "zero": "Diese Person hat keine Plugins erstellt. Sie haben wahrscheinlich auf andere Weise <0>zu Vencord beigetragen</0>!",
+                    "one": "Diese Person hat zu einem Plugin <0>beigetragen</0>!",
+                    "other": "Diese Person hat zu {count} Plugins <0>beigetragen</0>!"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }