diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 2268522b..116f9d68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Deps
         uses: mstksg/get-package@master
         with:
-          apt-get: build-essential openssh-client libopenscap-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev ssh-askpass asciidoc libpolkit-agent-1-0
+          apt-get: build-essential openssh-client libopenscap-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev ssh-askpass asciidoc libpolkit-agent-1-0 qttools5-dev-tools
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       image: fedora:33
     steps:
       - name: Install Deps
-        run: dnf install -y cmake gcc-c++ openssh-clients util-linux openscap-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtxmlpatterns-devel openssh-askpass asciidoc polkit-libs
+        run: dnf install -y cmake gcc-c++ openssh-clients util-linux openscap-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtxmlpatterns-devel openssh-askpass asciidoc polkit-libs qt5-linguist
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77bb3ae9..6c7240f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5XmlPatterns REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5LinguistTools REQUIRED)
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0)
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ set(scap_workbench_LANGUAGES)
 set(scap_workbench_LANGUAGE_TS_FILES)
 
 foreach(LANGUAGE ${scap_workbench_LANGUAGES})
-    set(TS_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/i18n/${LANGUAGE}.ts")
+    set(TS_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/i18n/scap-workbench.${LANGUAGE}.ts")
     set(scap_workbench_LANGUAGE_TS_FILES ${scap_workbench_LANGUAGE_TS_FILES} ${TS_FILE})
     set_source_files_properties(${TS_FILE} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n")
 endforeach()
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ add_executable("scap-workbench" MACOSX_BUNDLE
 
     ${scap_workbench_HEADERS_MOC}
     ${scap_workbench_UIS_HEADERS}
-    ${scap_workbench_LANGUAGE_TS_FILES}
+    ${qm_files}
 )
 
 set_target_properties("scap-workbench" PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST MacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in)
@@ -300,6 +301,9 @@ install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING"
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md"
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 
+install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/scap-workbench")
+
 if (CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE)
     set(CPPCHECK_INCL_PARAMS -I /usr/include)
     foreach(DIR ${SCAP_WORKBENCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index e5d822a0..72df8c36 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv):
     setApplicationDisplayName("SCAP Workbench");
     setApplicationVersion(SCAP_WORKBENCH_VERSION);
 
-    mMainWindow = new MainWindow();
-
 #if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(4, 8, 0))
-    mTranslator.load(QLocale(), "scap-workbench", "", getShareTranslationDirectory().absolutePath());
+    mTranslator.load(QLocale(), "scap-workbench", ".", getShareTranslationDirectory().absolutePath());
     installTranslator(&mTranslator);
 #endif
 
+    // create the main window after loading any translations so it loads properly
+    mMainWindow = new MainWindow();
+
     const QIcon& icon = getApplicationIcon();
     setWindowIcon(icon);
     mMainWindow->setWindowIcon(icon);