diff --git a/src/main/java/me/coley/recaf/plugin/PluginFolderSource.java b/src/main/java/me/coley/recaf/plugin/PluginFolderSource.java
index 9fe6a62ec..eced4f9d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/coley/recaf/plugin/PluginFolderSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/coley/recaf/plugin/PluginFolderSource.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import me.coley.recaf.Recaf;
 import me.coley.recaf.plugin.api.BasePlugin;
 import me.coley.recaf.util.IOUtil;
+import me.coley.recaf.util.LangUtil;
 import me.coley.recaf.util.VMUtil;
 import org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
 import org.plugface.core.PluginSource;
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ else if(entry.getName().endsWith("icon.png")) {
 						BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(jar.getInputStream(entry));
 						pluginIcons.put(pluginPath, image);
 					}
+					// Check for translation files
+					else if(entry.getName().endsWith(LangUtil.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE + ".json")){
+						LangUtil.load(jar.getInputStream(entry));
+					}
 				}
 			} catch(IOException ex) {
 				throw new PluginLoadException(path, ex, "Failed to load jar file");