diff --git a/manifest/_locales/en/messages.json b/manifest/_locales/en/messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..684abc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": {
+    "message": "Mue"
+  },
+  "description": {
+    "message": "Fast, open and free-to-use new tab page for modern browsers."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifest/_locales/en_GB/messages.json b/manifest/_locales/en_GB/messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..684abc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/_locales/en_GB/messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": {
+    "message": "Mue"
+  },
+  "description": {
+    "message": "Fast, open and free-to-use new tab page for modern browsers."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifest/_locales/en_US/messages.json b/manifest/_locales/en_US/messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..684abc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest/_locales/en_US/messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": {
+    "message": "Mue"
+  },
+  "description": {
+    "message": "Fast, open and free-to-use new tab page for modern browsers."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifest/chrome.json b/manifest/chrome.json
index bd330889..362d6bf5 100644
--- a/manifest/chrome.json
+++ b/manifest/chrome.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "offline_enabled": true,
-  "name": "Mue",
-  "description": "Fast, open and free-to-use new tab page for modern browsers.",
+  "default_locale": "en",
+  "name": "__MSG_name__",
+  "description": "__MSG_description__",
   "version": "5.1.1",
   "homepage_url": "https://muetab.com",
   "browser_action": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff93687f..f5b4cec6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "webpack serve",
     "build": "webpack --mode=production",
-    "chrome": "cp manifest/chrome.json build/manifest.json",
+    "chrome": "cp manifest/chrome.json build/manifest.json && cp -r manifest/_locales build/_locales",
     "firefox": "cp manifest/firefox.json build/manifest.json"
   },
   "browserslist": {