diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 0eb9bbb..e794504 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=LegacyAPIWarning)
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash, make_response, session, abort, send_file, jsonify
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_login import LoginManager, UserMixin, login_user, logout_user, login_required, current_user
-from flask_babel import Babel, _
 from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from flask_wtf import CSRFProtect
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import reportlab.lib
 import logging
 logging.basicConfig()
-logging.getLogger('babel').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 # Load Languages
@@ -231,9 +229,6 @@ app.config.update(
     SECRET_KEY=os.getenv('SECRET_KEY'),
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='sqlite:////app/data/games.db',
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS=False,
-    BABEL_DEFAULT_LOCALE=os.getenv('BABEL_DEFAULT_LOCALE', 'en'),
-    BABEL_SUPPORTED_LOCALES=os.getenv('BABEL_SUPPORTED_LOCALES', 'de,en').split(','),
-    BABEL_TRANSLATION_DIRECTORIES=os.path.join(app.root_path, 'translations'),
     SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=os.getenv('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', 'False') == 'True',
     SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE='Lax',
     PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME=timedelta(days=30),
@@ -251,17 +246,11 @@ db = SQLAlchemy(app, metadata=metadata)
 migrate = Migrate(app, db)
 login_manager = LoginManager(app)
 login_manager.login_view = 'login'
-babel = Babel(app)
 
 # Logging
 app.logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
 app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-@babel.localeselector
-def get_locale():
-    if 'lang' in session and session['lang'] in app.config['BABEL_SUPPORTED_LOCALES']:
-        return session['lang']
-    return request.accept_languages.best_match(app.config['BABEL_SUPPORTED_LOCALES'])
 
 @app.before_request
 def enforce_https():
@@ -271,10 +260,6 @@ def enforce_https():
             url = request.url.replace('http://', 'https://', 1)
             return redirect(url, code=301)
 
-def reload_translations():
-    if app.config['DEBUG']:
-        babel.reload()
-
 @app.context_processor
 def inject_translations():
     def _(key, **kwargs):
@@ -754,13 +739,6 @@ def redeem_page(token):
                          redeem_token=redeem_token,
                          platform_link='https://store.steampowered.com/account/registerkey?key=' if game.steam_appid else 'https://www.gog.com/redeem')
 
-@app.route('/debug-session')
-def debug_session():
-    return jsonify({
-        'session_lang': session.get('lang'),
-        'config_locales': app.config['BABEL_SUPPORTED_LOCALES']
-    })
-
 # Apprise Notifications
 import apprise
 
@@ -830,13 +808,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 PYTHON_END
 
-# Create Babel configuration
-cat <<EOL > babel.cfg
-[python: **.py]
-[jinja2: **/templates/**.html]
-extensions=jinja2.ext.autoescape,jinja2.ext.with_
-EOL
-
 # 5. Dockerfile
 cat <<DOCKER_END > Dockerfile
 FROM python:3.10-slim
@@ -927,35 +898,38 @@ cat <<'SCRIPT_END' > ../translate.sh
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/steam-gift-manager"
+# Directories and languages
+TRANSLATION_DIR="./translations"
+LANGS=("de" "en")
 
-declare -a locales=("de" "en")
-
-docker-compose run --rm steam-manager pybabel extract -F babel.cfg -o translations/messages.pot .
-
-for lang in "${locales[@]}"; do
-  po_path="translations/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po"
-  
-  if [ -f "$po_path" ]; then
-    encoding=$(file -i "$po_path" | grep -Po 'charset=\K.+')
-    
-    if [[ "$encoding" != "utf-8" ]]; then
-      echo "Konvertiere $po_path von $encoding nach UTF-8"
-      iconv -f "$encoding" -t UTF-8 "$po_path" > "$po_path.utf8"
-      mv "$po_path.utf8" "$po_path"
-    fi
+# 1. Create JSON files if they do not yet exist
+for lang in "${LANGS[@]}"; do
+  file="$TRANSLATION_DIR/$lang.json"
+  if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+    echo "{}" > "$file"
+    echo "Created $file"
   fi
-
-  docker-compose run --rm steam-manager pybabel update \
-    -i translations/messages.pot \
-    -d translations \
-    -l "$lang" \
-    --previous
 done
 
-docker-compose run --rm steam-manager pybabel compile -d translations
+# 2. Extract all strings to be translated from the templates and Python files
+STRINGS=$(grep -hoR "_('\([^']*\)')" ./templates ./app.py | sed "s/.*_('\([^']*\)').*/\1/" | sort | uniq)
 
-echo "✅ Setup and/or update translations done! YOLO"
+# 3. Insert new keys into the JSON files without overwriting existing translations
+for lang in "${LANGS[@]}"; do
+  file="$TRANSLATION_DIR/$lang.json"
+  tmp="$file.tmp"
+  cp "$file" "$tmp"
+  for key in $STRINGS; do
+    # Prüfe, ob der Key schon existiert
+    if ! jq -e --arg k "$key" 'has($k)' "$tmp" >/dev/null; then
+      jq --arg k "$key" '. + {($k): ""}' "$tmp" > "$tmp.new" && mv "$tmp.new" "$tmp"
+    fi
+  done
+  mv "$tmp" "$file"
+  echo "Updated $file"
+done
+
+echo "✅ JSON translation files updated. Please enter your translations!"
 
 SCRIPT_END
 chmod +x ../translate.sh