diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/webwork.properties b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/webwork.properties
index d9155d8ca..453c1aaac 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/webwork.properties
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/webwork.properties
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ webwork.url.includeParams = none
 # webwork.devMode = true
 
 # TODO: package up a theme and share with Continuum. Should contain everything from xhtml, and set templateDir to WEB-INF/themes
+
+# Localization
+webwork.custom.i18n.resources=org.codehaus.plexus.redback.xwork.default
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