diff --git a/ui/extractLocals.js b/ui/extractLocals.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..542b6806a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/extractLocals.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var extract = require('i18n-extract');
+var enLocale = require('../app/dist/locales/en.json');
+
+var walk = function(dir, done) {
+  var results = [];
+  fs.readdir(dir, function(err, list) {
+    if (err) return done(err);
+    var pending = list.length;
+    if (!pending) return done(null, results);
+    list.forEach(function(file) {
+      file = path.resolve(dir, file);
+      fs.stat(file, function(err, stat) {
+        if (stat && stat.isDirectory()) {
+          results.push(file + "/*.js");
+          results.push(file + "/*.jsx");
+          walk(file, function(err, res) {
+            results = results.concat(res);
+            if (!--pending) done(null, results);
+          });
+        } else {
+         // results.push(file);
+          if (!--pending) done(null, results);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+walk('js/', function(err, results) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+  results.push('js/*.js')
+  results.push('js/*.jsx')
+  const keys = extract.extractFromFiles(results, {
+    marker: '__',
+    });
+
+    let reports = [];
+    reports = reports.concat(extract.findMissing(enLocale, keys));
+    reports = reports.concat(extract.findUnused(enLocale, keys));
+    reports = reports.concat(extract.findDuplicated(enLocale, keys));
+
+    if (reports.length > 0) {
+        fs.readFile('../app/dist/locales/en.json', 'utf8', function readFileCallback(err, data){
+            if (err){
+                console.log(err);
+            } else {
+                localeObj = JSON.parse(data);
+
+                for (var i = 0; i < reports.length; i++) {
+                    if (reports[i].type === 'MISSING') {
+                        localeObj[reports[i].key] = reports[i].key;
+                    } else if (reports[i].type === 'UNUSED') {
+                        console.log("Found unused String in en.json, but beware: This may be a String from api.lbry.io, do not blindly delete!")
+                        console.log(reports[i]);
+                    } else if (reports[i].type == "DUPLICATED") {
+                        console.log("Found duplicated String in en.json!")
+                        console.log(reports[i]);
+                    } else {
+                        console.log("Found unknown type of String in en.json!")
+                        console.log(reports[i]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var json = JSON.stringify(localeObj, null, '\t'); //convert it back to json
+                fs.writeFile('../app/dist/locales/en.json', json, 'utf8', function callback(err) {
+                    if (err) throw err;
+                    console.log('It\'s saved!');
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+});
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 9c4907ba4..b78304ff6 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "dev": "webpack-dev-server --devtool eval --progress --colors --inline",
     "precommit": "lint-staged",
-    "prettier": "prettier --trailing-comma es5 --write js/**/*.{js,jsx}"
+    "prettier": "prettier --trailing-comma es5 --write js/**/*.{js,jsx}",
+    "extract-langs": "node extractLocals.js"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "lbry"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^2.2.3",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.7.1",
     "husky": "^0.13.4",
+    "i18n-extract": "^0.4.4",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
     "lint-staged": "^3.6.0",
     "node-sass": "^3.13.0",