diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/locale/LocaleLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/locale/LocaleLoader.java
index 906397931..11522164b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/locale/LocaleLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/locale/LocaleLoader.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public final class LocaleLoader {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to parse locale string '" + Config.getInstance().getLocale() + "'");
             }
 
-            Path localePath = Paths.get(mcMMO.getMainDirectory() + "locale_" + locale.toString() + ".properties");
+            Path localePath = Paths.get(mcMMO.getLocalesDirectory() + "locale_" + locale.toString() + ".properties");
             if (Files.exists(localePath) && Files.isRegularFile(localePath)) {
                 try (Reader localeReader = Files.newBufferedReader(localePath)) {
                     filesystemBundle = new PropertyResourceBundle(localeReader);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/mcMMO.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/mcMMO.java
index 644ad1bce..9b39ecd60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/mcMMO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/mcMMO.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class mcMMO extends JavaPlugin {
 
     /* File Paths */
     private static String mainDirectory;
+    private static String localesDirectory;
     private static String flatFileDirectory;
     private static String usersFile;
     private static String modDirectory;
@@ -357,6 +358,10 @@ public class mcMMO extends JavaPlugin {
         return mainDirectory;
     }
 
+    public static String getLocalesDirectory() {
+        return localesDirectory;
+    }
+
     public static String getFlatFileDirectory() {
         return flatFileDirectory;
     }
@@ -432,6 +437,7 @@ public class mcMMO extends JavaPlugin {
     private void setupFilePaths() {
         mcmmo = getFile();
         mainDirectory = getDataFolder().getPath() + File.separator;
+        localesDirectory = mainDirectory + "locales" + File.separator;
         flatFileDirectory = mainDirectory + "flatfile" + File.separator;
         usersFile = flatFileDirectory + "mcmmo.users";
         modDirectory = mainDirectory + "mods" + File.separator;
@@ -485,6 +491,8 @@ public class mcMMO extends JavaPlugin {
 
         File currentFlatfilePath = new File(flatFileDirectory);
         currentFlatfilePath.mkdirs();
+        File localesDirectoryPath = new File(localesDirectory);
+        localesDirectoryPath.mkdirs();
     }
 
     private void loadConfigFiles() {