diff --git a/fas/fas/config/app.cfg.in b/fas/fas/config/app.cfg.in
index 56c9924..d22bcf3 100644
--- a/fas/fas/config/app.cfg.in
+++ b/fas/fas/config/app.cfg.in
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ genshi.encoding="utf-8"
 session_filter.on = True
 i18n.run_template_filter = True
 i18n.domain = 'fas'
-i18n.locale_dir = '@DATADIR@/locales'
+i18n.locale_dir = '@LOCALEDIR@'
 
 # VISIT TRACKING
 # Each visit to your application will be assigned a unique visit ID tracked via
@@ -166,3 +166,4 @@ static_filter.dir = "@DATADIR@/static"
 [/favicon.ico]
 static_filter.on = True
 static_filter.file = "@DATADIR@/static/images/favicon.ico"
+