diff --git a/frontend/src/global/i18n.ts b/frontend/src/global/i18n.ts
index e1700f31..1a8094e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/global/i18n.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/global/i18n.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import { constant } from 'lodash';
 import * as i18next from 'i18next';
 import * as languageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
 
 import * as english from '../i18n/en/translation.json';
 import * as french from '../i18n/fr/translation.json';
+import channel from '../i18n/radio';
 
 const i18nPromise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
     i18next.use(
@@ -26,4 +28,6 @@ const i18nPromise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
     });
 });
 
+channel.reply('i18next', constant(i18nPromise));
+
 export { i18nPromise, i18next };
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/radio.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/radio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13829f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/radio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { channel } from 'backbone.radio';
+
+export const channelName = 'readit-i18n';
+
+export default channel(channelName);