diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 9d5f6122..7857743d 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ module Justask
     # Instead, the errors will propagate normally just like in other Active Record callbacks.
     # fix for this warning:
     config.active_record.raise_in_transactional_callbacks = true
+
+    config.after_initialize do
+      Dir.glob Rails.root.join('config/late_initializers/*.rb') do |f|
+        require f
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/late_initializers/flags.rb b/config/late_initializers/flags.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b2dfd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/late_initializers/flags.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+APP_LOCALES = {}
+# locale_str: [language, country code]
+# generate list
+I18n.with_locale("") do
+  locale_map = YAML.load(File.open Rails.root.join("config/hl_to_cc.yml"))
+  flag_map = YAML.load(File.open Rails.root.join("config/flags.yml"))
+  Dir.glob(Rails.root.join("config/locales/*.yml")).each do |locale|
+    l = locale.split("/").last.split(".").first.downcase
+    if APP_LOCALES[l].nil?
+      cc = l.split("-").last
+
+      if flag_map.index(cc).nil?
+        cc = locale_map[cc]
+      end
+
+      unless flag_map.index(cc).nil?
+        begin
+          lang = I18n.translate("#{l}.language")
+          lang = '' if lang == "translation missing: #{l}.language"
+          APP_LOCALES[l] = [lang, cc]
+        rescue I18n.MissingTranslationData
+          APP_LOCALES[l] = ['', cc]
+        rescue
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end