diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
index 750b4bdb..a32665f1 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 Main for FreePokerTools HUD.
 """
+
+import L10n
+_ = L10n.get_translation()
+
 #    TODO allow window resizing
 #    TODO hud to echo, but ignore non numbers
 #    TODO no stat window for hero
@@ -60,21 +64,6 @@ elif os.name == 'nt':
 #import Tables
 import Hud
 
-import locale
-lang = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0][0:2]
-print "lang:", lang
-if lang == "en":
-    def _(string):
-        return string
-else:
-    import gettext
-    try:
-        trans = gettext.translation("fpdb", localedir="locale", languages=[lang])
-        trans.install()
-    except IOError:
-        def _(string):
-            return string
-
 # get config and set up logger
 c = Configuration.Config(file=options.config, dbname=options.dbname)
 log = Configuration.get_logger("logging.conf", "hud", log_dir=c.dir_log, log_file='HUD-log.txt')