diff --git a/app/src/mainMenuDefinition.js b/app/src/mainMenuDefinition.js
index 589af767d..8201e799d 100644
--- a/app/src/mainMenuDefinition.js
+++ b/app/src/mainMenuDefinition.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function _t(key, { defaultMessage }) {
+function _t(key, { defaultMessage } = {}) {
   return global.TRANSLATION_DATA?.[key] || defaultMessage;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index d893be247..5b08bb170 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         const electron = getElectron();
         if (electron) {
           electron.send('translation-data', JSON.stringify(getCurrentTranslations()));
+          global.TRANSLATION_DATA = getCurrentTranslations();
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/modals/HorizontalMenu.svelte b/packages/web/src/modals/HorizontalMenu.svelte
index 8dcbca5da..b647b4d32 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/modals/HorizontalMenu.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/modals/HorizontalMenu.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { commandsCustomized, currentDropDownMenu } from '../stores';
   import { prepareMenuItems } from '../utility/contextMenu';
-  import DropDownMenu from './DropDownMenu.svelte';
-  import { _t } from '../translations';
 
   export let items;
 
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
         }
       }}
     >
-      {item.text || _t(item.label.id, item.label.defaultMessage)}
+      {item.text || item.label}
     </div>
   {/each}
 </div>
diff --git a/packages/web/src/translations.ts b/packages/web/src/translations.ts
index 708acd3d2..88e2ad75c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/translations.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/translations.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function getCurrentTranslations(): Record<string, string> {
 }
 
 export function _t(key: string, options: TranslateOptions): string {
-  const { defaultMessage, values } = options;
+  const { defaultMessage, values } = options || {};
 
   const selectedLanguage = getSelectedLanguage();