diff --git a/frontend/build/webpack.config.js b/frontend/build/webpack.config.js
index f331cbc0b..7c1dcba83 100644
--- a/frontend/build/webpack.config.js
+++ b/frontend/build/webpack.config.js
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ module.exports = (env) => {
       hints: false
     },
 
-    experiments: {
-      topLevelAwait: true
-    },
-
     plugins: [
       new webpack.DefinePlugin({
         __DEV__: !isProduction,
diff --git a/frontend/src/App/App.js b/frontend/src/App/App.js
index e7b226a5d..1eea6e082 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App/App.js
+++ b/frontend/src/App/App.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import PageConnector from 'Components/Page/PageConnector';
 import ApplyTheme from './ApplyTheme';
 import AppRoutes from './AppRoutes';
 
-function App({ store, history, hasTranslationsError }) {
+function App({ store, history }) {
   return (
     <DocumentTitle title={window.Prowlarr.instanceName}>
       <Provider store={store}>
         <ConnectedRouter history={history}>
           <ApplyTheme>
-            <PageConnector hasTranslationsError={hasTranslationsError}>
+            <PageConnector>
               <AppRoutes app={App} />
             </PageConnector>
           </ApplyTheme>
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ function App({ store, history, hasTranslationsError }) {
 
 App.propTypes = {
   store: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-  history: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-  hasTranslationsError: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
+  history: PropTypes.object.isRequired
 };
 
 export default App;
diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/Page/ErrorPage.js b/frontend/src/Components/Page/ErrorPage.js
index 7c8f4a8c3..77bed6a31 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/Page/ErrorPage.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/Page/ErrorPage.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function ErrorPage(props) {
   const {
     version,
     isLocalStorageSupported,
-    hasTranslationsError,
     indexersError,
     indexerStatusError,
     indexerCategoriesError,
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ function ErrorPage(props) {
 
   if (!isLocalStorageSupported) {
     errorMessage = 'Local Storage is not supported or disabled. A plugin or private browsing may have disabled it.';
-  } else if (hasTranslationsError) {
-    errorMessage = 'Failed to load translations from API';
   } else if (indexersError) {
     errorMessage = getErrorMessage(indexersError, 'Failed to load indexers from API');
   } else if (indexerStatusError) {
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ function ErrorPage(props) {
 ErrorPage.propTypes = {
   version: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
   isLocalStorageSupported: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
-  hasTranslationsError: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   indexersError: PropTypes.object,
   indexerStatusError: PropTypes.object,
   indexerCategoriesError: PropTypes.object,
diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/Page/PageConnector.js b/frontend/src/Components/Page/PageConnector.js
index d584933e8..5ac032c0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/Page/PageConnector.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/Page/PageConnector.js
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ class PageConnector extends Component {
 
   render() {
     const {
-      hasTranslationsError,
       isPopulated,
       hasError,
       dispatchFetchTags,
@@ -246,12 +245,11 @@ class PageConnector extends Component {
       ...otherProps
     } = this.props;
 
-    if (hasTranslationsError || hasError || !this.state.isLocalStorageSupported) {
+    if (hasError || !this.state.isLocalStorageSupported) {
       return (
         <ErrorPage
           {...this.state}
           {...otherProps}
-          hasTranslationsError={hasTranslationsError}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -272,7 +270,6 @@ class PageConnector extends Component {
 }
 
 PageConnector.propTypes = {
-  hasTranslationsError: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   isPopulated: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   hasError: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   isSidebarVisible: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
diff --git a/frontend/src/Utilities/String/translate.js b/frontend/src/Utilities/String/translate.js
index fb0ec0cb5..7483b27aa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Utilities/String/translate.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Utilities/String/translate.js
@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 import createAjaxRequest from 'Utilities/createAjaxRequest';
 
 function getTranslations() {
-  return createAjaxRequest({
-    global: false,
+  let localization = null;
+  const ajaxOptions = {
+    async: false,
     dataType: 'json',
-    url: '/localization'
-  }).request;
-}
-
-let translations = {};
+    url: '/localization',
+    success: function(data) {
+      localization = data.Strings;
+    }
+  };
 
-export function fetchTranslations() {
-  return new Promise(async(resolve) => {
-    try {
-      const data = await getTranslations();
-      translations = data.Strings;
+  createAjaxRequest(ajaxOptions);
 
-      resolve(true);
-    } catch (error) {
-      resolve(false);
-    }
-  });
+  return localization;
 }
 
+const translations = getTranslations();
+
 export default function translate(key, args = []) {
   const translation = translations[key] || key;
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.js b/frontend/src/index.js
index 8ed0414c6..59911154e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
 import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import createAppStore from 'Store/createAppStore';
-import { fetchTranslations } from 'Utilities/String/translate';
+import App from './App/App';
 
 import './preload';
 import './polyfills';
@@ -11,14 +11,11 @@ import './index.css';
 
 const history = createBrowserHistory();
 const store = createAppStore(history);
-const hasTranslationsError = !await fetchTranslations();
-const { default: App } = await import('./App/App');
 
 render(
   <App
     store={store}
     history={history}
-    hasTranslationsError={hasTranslationsError}
   />,
   document.getElementById('root')
 );