diff --git a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/TextTranslations.java b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/TextTranslations.java
index bbefdf6b60..8736b5e5fe 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/TextTranslations.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/TextTranslations.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public static long loadKeys(Locale locale) {
         String format = resource.getString(key);
 
         // Single quotes are a special keyword that need to be escaped in MessageFormat
-        // Templates are not escaped, where as translations are escaped
+        // Templates are not escaped, whereas translations are escaped
         if (locale == SOURCE_LOCALE) format = format.replaceAll("'", "''");
 
         TRANSLATIONS_TABLE.put(key, locale, new MessageFormat(format, locale));
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/UTF8Control.java b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/UTF8Control.java
index d27a6ca953..c9c754242e 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/UTF8Control.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/text/UTF8Control.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.PropertyResourceBundle;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
@@ -49,4 +51,9 @@ public ResourceBundle newBundle(
     }
     return bundle;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Locale> getCandidateLocales(String name, Locale locale) {
+    return Arrays.asList(Locale.ROOT);
+  }
 }