diff --git a/src/languageHandler.js b/src/languageHandler.js
index c31db5eb5b..3a061df915 100644
--- a/src/languageHandler.js
+++ b/src/languageHandler.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import counterpart from 'counterpart';
 import React from 'react';
 import SettingsStore, {SettingLevel} from "./settings/SettingsStore";
 
+// $webapp is a webpack resolve alias pointing to the output directory, see webpack config
+import webpackLangJsonUrl from "$webapp/i18n/languages.json";
+
 const i18nFolder = 'i18n/';
 
 // Control whether to also return original, untranslated strings
@@ -417,9 +420,7 @@ function getLangsJson() {
     return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
         let url;
         try {
-            // $webapp is a webpack resolve alias pointing to the output directory, see webpack config
-            url = import('$webapp/i18n/languages.json');
-            if (url.then) url = (await url).default; // webpack resolves to a Module through a promise.
+            url = webpackLangJsonUrl;
         } catch (e) {
             url = i18nFolder + 'languages.json';
         }