diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e5bff27561..c298540374 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "grunt": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "~0.8.0",
     "grunt-browserify": "~1.3.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0"
+    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
+    "habitrpg": "git://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg.git#develop"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha"
diff --git a/script/i18n.coffee b/script/i18n.coffee
index 795e2041f6..42fc89c644 100644
--- a/script/i18n.coffee
+++ b/script/i18n.coffee
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ module.exports =
       vars = arguments[1]
       locale = arguments[2]
 
+    locale ?= 'en'
+
     string = if (locale and !module.exports.strings) then module.exports.translations[locale][stringName] else module.exports.strings[stringName]
 
     if string
diff --git a/test/algos.mocha.coffee b/test/algos.mocha.coffee
index 6038da0572..b5b11477a4 100644
--- a/test/algos.mocha.coffee
+++ b/test/algos.mocha.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ expect = require 'expect.js'
 sinon = require 'sinon'
 moment = require 'moment'
 shared = require '../script/index.coffee'
+shared.i18n.translations = require('habitrpg/src/i18n.js').translations
 test_helper = require './test_helper'
 test_helper.addCustomMatchers()
 $w = (s)->s.split(' ')