diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/de.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/de.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/de.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/de.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/en.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/en.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/en.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/en.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/fi.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/fi.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/fi.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/fi.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/it.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/it.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/it.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/it.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/ja.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/ja.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/ja.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/ja.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/nb-NO.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/nb-no.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/nb-NO.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/nb-no.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/pt.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/pt.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/pt.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/pt.ini
diff --git a/build/data/obs-studio/locale/ru.txt b/build/data/obs-studio/locale/ru.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from build/data/obs-studio/locale/ru.txt
rename to build/data/obs-studio/locale/ru.ini
diff --git a/obs/obs-app.cpp b/obs/obs-app.cpp
index 79b6d4f7a..03be763ec 100644
--- a/obs/obs-app.cpp
+++ b/obs/obs-app.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ bool OBSApp::InitLocale()
 	locale = lang;
 
 	stringstream file;
-	file << "locale/" << lang << ".txt";
+	file << "locale/" << lang << ".ini";
 
 	string englishPath;
-	if (!GetDataFilePath("locale/" DEFAULT_LANG ".txt", englishPath)) {
-		OBSErrorBox(NULL, "Failed to find locale/" DEFAULT_LANG ".txt");
+	if (!GetDataFilePath("locale/" DEFAULT_LANG ".ini", englishPath)) {
+		OBSErrorBox(NULL, "Failed to find locale/" DEFAULT_LANG ".ini");
 		return false;
 	}