diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 9b1f86ab7..6b2df3bd6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def get_javascript_strings_for language
-    yml_path = File.join(Rails.root, "config/locales/diaspora/", "#{language}.yml")
-    yaml = YAML::load IO.read(yml_path)
-
-    yaml[language]["javascripts"]
+  def get_javascript_strings_for(language)
+    Il8n.t('javascripts').to_json
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 22a8308dc..3ca7167af 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -276,4 +276,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def info_text(text)
     image_tag 'icons/monotone_question.png', :class => 'what_is_this', :title => text
   end
+
+  
+  def get_javascript_strings_for(language)
+    I18n.t('javascripts')
+  end
 end