diff --git a/bin/uberwriter b/bin/uberwriter
index cf91855..ac37d5d 100755
--- a/bin/uberwriter
+++ b/bin/uberwriter
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ import locale
 PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY = os.path.abspath(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))))
 
+if os.environ.get('IN_FLATPAK'):
+    locale_dir = 'lib/python3.5/site-packages/uberwriter-1.0-py3.5.egg/po'
+else:
+    locale_dir = PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY + 'po'
+    
+
 # L10n
 locale.textdomain('uberwriter')
-locale.bindtextdomain('uberwriter', 'po')
+locale.bindtextdomain('uberwriter', locale_dir)
 gettext.textdomain('uberwriter')
-gettext.bindtextdomain('uberwriter', 'po')
+gettext.bindtextdomain('uberwriter', locale_dir)
 
 python_path = []
 if os.path.abspath(__file__).startswith('/opt'):