diff --git a/client/i18next-scanner.config.cjs b/client/i18next-scanner.config.cjs
index 6607bf0e..de63e15d 100644
--- a/client/i18next-scanner.config.cjs
+++ b/client/i18next-scanner.config.cjs
@@ -2,6 +2,70 @@ const typescriptTransform = require('i18next-scanner-typescript');
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
+const eol = require('eol');
+const path = require('path');
+const VirtualFile = require('vinyl');
+
+function flush(done) {
+  const { parser } = this;
+  const { options } = parser;
+
+  // Flush to resource store
+  const resStore = parser.get({ sort: options.sort });
+  const { jsonIndent } = options.resource;
+  const lineEnding = String(options.resource.lineEnding).toLowerCase();
+
+  Object.keys(resStore).forEach((lng) => {
+    const namespaces = resStore[lng];
+
+    Object.keys(namespaces).forEach((ns) => {
+      const resPath = parser.formatResourceSavePath(lng, ns);
+      let resContent;
+      try {
+        resContent = JSON.parse(
+          fs.readFileSync(
+            fs.realpathSync(path.join('public', 'locales', resPath))
+          ).toString('utf-8')
+        );
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log("no previous translation found!")
+        resContent = {};
+      }
+      const obj = { ...namespaces[ns], ...resContent };
+      let text = JSON.stringify(obj, null, jsonIndent) + '\n';
+
+      if (lineEnding === 'auto') {
+        text = eol.auto(text);
+      } else if (lineEnding === '\r\n' || lineEnding === 'crlf') {
+        text = eol.crlf(text);
+      } else if (lineEnding === '\n' || lineEnding === 'lf') {
+        text = eol.lf(text);
+      } else if (lineEnding === '\r' || lineEnding === 'cr') {
+        text = eol.cr(text);
+      } else { // Defaults to LF
+        text = eol.lf(text);
+      }
+
+      let contents = null;
+
+      try {
+        // "Buffer.from(string[, encoding])" is added in Node.js v5.10.0
+        contents = Buffer.from(text);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Fallback to "new Buffer(string[, encoding])" which is deprecated since Node.js v6.0.0
+        contents = new Buffer(text);
+      }
+
+      this.push(new VirtualFile({
+        path: resPath,
+        contents: contents
+      }));
+    });
+  });
+
+  done();
+}
+
 
 module.exports = {
   input: [
@@ -10,7 +74,6 @@ module.exports = {
     '!client/i18n/**',
     '!**/node_modules/**',
   ],
-  output: './client/public/locales',
   options: {
     debug: true,
     func: {
@@ -45,8 +108,8 @@ module.exports = {
       return ''; // Return empty string for other languages
     },
     resource: {
-      loadPath: './{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
-      savePath: './{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
+      loadPath: './client/public/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
+      savePath: './client/public/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
       jsonIndent: 2,
       lineEnding: '\n'
     },
diff --git a/client/public/locales/de/translation.json b/client/public/locales/de/translation.json
index b201b0a1..24fb915e 100644
--- a/client/public/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/client/public/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -8,5 +8,35 @@
   "regular": "regulär",
   "relaxed": "relaxed",
   "none": "keine",
-  "Rules": "Regeln"
+  "Rules": "Regeln",
+  "Intro": "",
+  "Game Introduction": "",
+  "World selection": "",
+  "Start": "",
+  "Inventory": "",
+  "next level": "",
+  "Next": "",
+  "back to world selection": "",
+  "Leave World": "",
+  "previous level": "",
+  "Previous": "",
+  "Editor mode is enforced!": "",
+  "Editor mode": "",
+  "Typewriter mode": "",
+  "information, Impressum, privacy policy": "",
+  "Impressum": "",
+  "Preferences": "",
+  "Game Info & Credits": "",
+  "Game Info": "",
+  "Clear Progress": "",
+  "Erase": "",
+  "Download Progress": "",
+  "Download": "",
+  "Load Progress from JSON": "",
+  "Upload": "",
+  "Home": "",
+  "back to games selection": "",
+  "close inventory": "",
+  "show inventory": "",
+  "World": ""
 }
diff --git a/client/public/locales/en/translation.json b/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
index 03053fa7..85cb20fc 100644
--- a/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/client/public/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -8,5 +8,35 @@
   "regular": "regular",
   "relaxed": "relaxed",
   "none": "none",
-  "Rules": "Rules"
+  "Rules": "Rules",
+  "Intro": "Intro",
+  "Game Introduction": "Game Introduction",
+  "World selection": "World selection",
+  "Start": "Start",
+  "Inventory": "Inventory",
+  "next level": "next level",
+  "Next": "Next",
+  "back to world selection": "back to world selection",
+  "Leave World": "Leave World",
+  "previous level": "previous level",
+  "Previous": "Previous",
+  "Editor mode is enforced!": "Editor mode is enforced!",
+  "Editor mode": "Editor mode",
+  "Typewriter mode": "Typewriter mode",
+  "information, Impressum, privacy policy": "information, Impressum, privacy policy",
+  "Impressum": "Impressum",
+  "Preferences": "Preferences",
+  "Game Info & Credits": "Game Info & Credits",
+  "Game Info": "Game Info",
+  "Clear Progress": "Clear Progress",
+  "Erase": "Erase",
+  "Download Progress": "Download Progress",
+  "Download": "Download",
+  "Load Progress from JSON": "Load Progress from JSON",
+  "Upload": "Upload",
+  "Home": "Home",
+  "back to games selection": "back to games selection",
+  "close inventory": "close inventory",
+  "show inventory": "show inventory",
+  "World": "World"
 }
diff --git a/client/src/i18n.ts b/client/src/i18n.ts
index f7d148bb..10e25b1d 100644
--- a/client/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/client/src/i18n.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ i18n
     lng: "en", // language to use, more information here: https://www.i18next.com/overview/configuration-options#languages-namespaces-resources
     // you can use the i18n.changeLanguage function to change the language manually: https://www.i18next.com/overview/api#changelanguage
     // if you're using a language detector, do not define the lng option
-
+    returnEmptyString: false,
     interpolation: {
       escapeValue: false // react already safes from xss
     }