diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/AddonManager.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/AddonManager.java
index 54af1c4d00..2e1a10668e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/AddonManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/AddonManager.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public String getCommit() {
 
             ModMetadata metadata = FabricLoader.getInstance().getModContainer(MeteorClient.MOD_ID).get().getMetadata();
 
+            MeteorClient.ADDON.id = metadata.getId();
             MeteorClient.ADDON.name = metadata.getName();
             MeteorClient.ADDON.authors = new String[metadata.getAuthors().size()];
             if (metadata.containsCustomValue(MeteorClient.MOD_ID + ":color")) {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public String getCommit() {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Exception during addon init \"%s\".".formatted(metadata.getName()), throwable);
             }
 
+            addon.id = metadata.getId();
             addon.name = metadata.getName();
 
             if (metadata.getAuthors().isEmpty()) throw new RuntimeException("Addon \"%s\" requires at least 1 author to be defined in it's fabric.mod.json. See https://fabricmc.net/wiki/documentation:fabric_mod_json_spec".formatted(addon.name));
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/MeteorAddon.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/MeteorAddon.java
index 7ae5918d6f..5c2eb55fff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/MeteorAddon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/addons/MeteorAddon.java
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 
 import meteordevelopment.meteorclient.utils.render.color.Color;
 
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
 public abstract class MeteorAddon {
+    /** This field is automatically assigned from fabric.mod.json file.
+     * @since 1.21.11 */ // todo replace with exact version when released
+    public String id;
+
     /** This field is automatically assigned from fabric.mod.json file. */
     public String name;
 
@@ -36,26 +38,4 @@ public GithubRepo getRepo() {
     public String getCommit() {
         return null;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Example implementation:
-     * <pre>{@code
-     *  @Override
-     *  public InputStream provideLanguage(String lang) {
-     *      return Addon.class.getResourceAsStream("/assets/addon-name/language/" + lang + ".json")
-     *  }
-     * }
-     * </pre><br>
-     *
-     * Addons should not store their language files in the /assets/xxx/lang/ path as it opens up users to detection
-     * by servers via <a href="https://wurst.wiki/sign_translation_vulnerability">the translation exploit</a>.
-     * Storing them anywhere else should prevent them from getting picked up via the vanilla resource loader.
-     *
-     * @param lang  A language code in lowercase
-     * @return      An InputStream for the relevant json translation file, or null if the addon doesn't have
-     *              a file for that language.
-     */
-    public InputStream provideLanguage(String lang) {
-        return null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/commands/commands/CommandsCommand.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/commands/commands/CommandsCommand.java
index ca08d56e89..7f63c4cd26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/commands/commands/CommandsCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/commands/commands/CommandsCommand.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ private MutableText getCommandText(Command command) {
         }
         tooltip.append(aliases.formatted(Formatting.GRAY)).append("\n\n");
 
-        tooltip.append(translatable("description")).formatted(Formatting.WHITE);
+        tooltip.append(command.translatable("description")).formatted(Formatting.WHITE);
 
         // Text
         MutableText text = Text.literal(Utils.nameToTitle(command.getName()));
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/LanguageManagerMixin.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/LanguageManagerMixin.java
index 228143cef8..4a1868909c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/LanguageManagerMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/LanguageManagerMixin.java
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ public class LanguageManagerMixin {
     @Inject(method = "setLanguage", at = @At("TAIL"))
     private void onSetLanguage(String languageCode, CallbackInfo ci) {
         MeteorTranslations.loadLanguage(languageCode);
+        MeteorTranslations.clearUnusedLanguages(languageCode);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/misc/MeteorTranslations.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/misc/MeteorTranslations.java
index 3b449ac3c7..c726bb5d4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/misc/MeteorTranslations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/misc/MeteorTranslations.java
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.Object2ObjectOpenHashMap;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectArrayList;
 import meteordevelopment.meteorclient.MeteorClient;
 import meteordevelopment.meteorclient.addons.AddonManager;
 import meteordevelopment.meteorclient.addons.MeteorAddon;
 import meteordevelopment.meteorclient.utils.PreInit;
+import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
+import net.minecraft.client.resource.language.LanguageDefinition;
 import net.minecraft.client.resource.language.ReorderingUtil;
 import net.minecraft.text.OrderedText;
 import net.minecraft.text.StringVisitable;
@@ -20,67 +21,79 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.IllegalFormatException;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import static meteordevelopment.meteorclient.MeteorClient.mc;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class MeteorTranslations {
+    private static final String EN_US_CODE = "en_us";
     private static final Gson GSON = new Gson();
     private static final Map<String, MeteorLanguage> languages = new Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+    private static MeteorLanguage defaultLanguage;
 
     @PreInit
     public static void preInit() {
         List<String> toLoad = new ArrayList<>(2);
-        toLoad.add("en_us");
-        if (!mc.options.language.equalsIgnoreCase("en_us")) toLoad.add(mc.options.language);
+        toLoad.add(EN_US_CODE);
+        if (!mc.options.language.equals(EN_US_CODE)) toLoad.add(mc.options.language);
 
         for (String language : toLoad) {
             loadLanguage(language);
         }
+
+        defaultLanguage = getLanguage(EN_US_CODE);
     }
 
     public static void loadLanguage(String languageCode) {
-        languageCode = languageCode.toLowerCase();
         if (languages.containsKey(languageCode)) return;
 
+        LanguageDefinition definition = MinecraftClient.getInstance().getLanguageManager().getLanguage(languageCode);
+        if (definition == null) return;
+
+        Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<String, String> languageMap = new Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+
         try (InputStream stream = MeteorTranslations.class.getResourceAsStream("/assets/meteor-client/language/" + languageCode + ".json")) {
             if (stream == null) {
-                if (languageCode.equals("en_us")) throw new RuntimeException("Error loading the default language");
+                if (languageCode.equals(EN_US_CODE)) throw new RuntimeException("Error loading the default language");
                 else MeteorClient.LOG.info("No language file found for '{}'", languageCode);
             }
             else {
                 // noinspection unchecked
-                Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<String, String> map = GSON.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(stream), Object2ObjectOpenHashMap.class);
-                languages.put(languageCode, new MeteorLanguage(map));
+                Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<String, String> map = GSON.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), Object2ObjectOpenHashMap.class);
+                languageMap.putAll(map);
 
                 MeteorClient.LOG.info("Loaded language: {}", languageCode);
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            if (languageCode.equals("en_us")) throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            if (languageCode.equals(EN_US_CODE)) throw new RuntimeException("Error loading default language", e);
             else MeteorClient.LOG.error("Error loading language: {}", languageCode, e);
         }
 
         for (MeteorAddon addon : AddonManager.ADDONS) {
             if (addon == MeteorClient.ADDON) continue;
 
-            try (InputStream stream = addon.provideLanguage(languageCode)) {
+            try (InputStream stream = addon.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/assets/" + addon.id + "/language/" + languageCode + ".json")) {
                 if (stream == null) continue;
-                MeteorLanguage lang = languages.getOrDefault(languageCode, new MeteorLanguage());
 
                 // noinspection unchecked
-                Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<String, String> map = GSON.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(stream), Object2ObjectOpenHashMap.class);
-                lang.addCustomTranslation(map);
-                languages.put(languageCode, lang);
+                Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<String, String> map = GSON.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), Object2ObjectOpenHashMap.class);
+                languageMap.putAll(map);
 
                 MeteorClient.LOG.info("Loaded language {} from addon {}", languageCode, addon.name);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 MeteorClient.LOG.error("Error loading language {} from addon {}", languageCode, addon.name, e);
             }
         }
+
+        if (!languageMap.isEmpty()) {
+            languages.put(languageCode, new MeteorLanguage(definition.rightToLeft(), languageMap));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void clearUnusedLanguages(String currentLanguageCode) {
+        languages.keySet().removeIf(languageCode -> !languageCode.equals(EN_US_CODE) && !languageCode.equals(currentLanguageCode));
     }
 
     public static String translate(String key, Object... args) {
@@ -110,11 +123,11 @@ public static MeteorLanguage getLanguage(String lang) {
     }
 
     public static MeteorLanguage getCurrentLanguage() {
-        return languages.getOrDefault(mc.options.language.toLowerCase(), getDefaultLanguage());
+        return languages.getOrDefault(mc.options.language, getDefaultLanguage());
     }
 
     public static MeteorLanguage getDefaultLanguage() {
-        return languages.get("en_us");
+        return defaultLanguage;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,60 +138,42 @@ public static double percentLocalised() {
         // translation. Maybe that will change in the future.
         if (isEnglish()) return 100;
 
-        double currentLangSize = languages.getOrDefault(mc.options.language.toLowerCase(), new MeteorLanguage()).translations.size();
+        MeteorLanguage currentLang = languages.get(mc.options.language);
+        double currentLangSize = currentLang != null ? currentLang.translations.size() : 0;
         return (currentLangSize / getDefaultLanguage().translations.size()) * 100;
     }
 
     public static boolean isEnglish() {
-        return mc.options.language.toLowerCase().startsWith("en");
+        return mc.options.language.startsWith("en");
     }
 
     public static class MeteorLanguage extends Language {
         private final Map<String, String> translations = new Object2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
-        private final List<Map<String, String>> customTranslations = new ObjectArrayList<>();
+        private final boolean rightToLeft;
 
-        public MeteorLanguage() {}
-
-        public MeteorLanguage(Map<String, String> translations) {
+        public MeteorLanguage(boolean rightToLeft, Map<String, String> translations) {
+            this.rightToLeft = rightToLeft;
             this.translations.putAll(translations);
         }
 
-        public void addCustomTranslation(Map<String, String> customTranslation) {
-            if (customTranslations.contains(customTranslation)) return;
-
-            customTranslations.add(customTranslation);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public String get(String key, String fallback) {
-            if (translations.containsKey(key)) return translations.get(key);
-
-            for (Map<String, String> customTranslation : customTranslations) {
-                if (customTranslation.containsKey(key)) return customTranslation.get(key);
-            }
-
-            return fallback;
+            return translations.getOrDefault(key, fallback);
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean hasTranslation(String key) {
-            if (translations.containsKey(key)) return true;
-
-            for (Map<String, String> customTranslation : customTranslations) {
-                if (customTranslation.containsKey(key)) return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
+            return translations.containsKey(key);
         }
 
         @Override
         public boolean isRightToLeft() {
-            return false;
+            return this.rightToLeft;
         }
 
         @Override
         public OrderedText reorder(StringVisitable text) {
-            return ReorderingUtil.reorder(text, false);
+            return ReorderingUtil.reorder(text, this.rightToLeft);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/meteor-client/language/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/meteor-client/language/en_us.json
index 35aa0b8e0c..c27502e5fe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/meteor-client/language/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/meteor-client/language/en_us.json
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
   "meteor.command.vclip.description": "Lets you clip through blocks vertically.",
   "meteor.command.wasp.description": "Sets the auto wasp target.",
   "meteor.command.wasp.exception.cant_wasp_self": "You cannot target yourself!",
-  "meteor.command.wasp.info.target": "%d set as target.",
+  "meteor.command.wasp.info.target": "%s set as target.",
   "meteor.command.waypoint.description": "Manages waypoints."
 }