diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index a193b1c6..698604ad 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ def change_translation(locale):
     QtGui.QApplication.installTranslator(qmytranslator)
 
     qsystranslator = QtCore.QTranslator()
-    translationpath = os.path.join (str(QtCore.QLibraryInfo.location(QtCore.QLibraryInfo.TranslationsPath)), 'qt_' + locale)
+    if shared.frozen:
+        translationpath = os.path.join (shared.codePath(), 'translations', 'qt_' + locale)
+    else:
+        translationpath = os.path.join (str(QtCore.QLibraryInfo.location(QtCore.QLibraryInfo.TranslationsPath)), 'qt_' + locale)
     qsystranslator.load(translationpath)
     QtGui.QApplication.installTranslator(qsystranslator)