diff --git a/ts/windows/about/app.tsx b/ts/windows/about/app.tsx
index 8b82157718..e54575f620 100644
--- a/ts/windows/about/app.tsx
+++ b/ts/windows/about/app.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ strictAssert(AboutWindowProps, 'window values not provided');
 let platform = '';
 if (AboutWindowProps.platform === 'darwin') {
   if (AboutWindowProps.arch === 'arm64') {
-    platform = ` (${window.i18n('icu:appleSilicon')})`;
+    platform = ` (${i18n('icu:appleSilicon')})`;
   } else {
     platform = ' (Intel)';
   }
diff --git a/ts/windows/sandboxedInit.ts b/ts/windows/sandboxedInit.ts
index a93ad90cdf..3d65b6aa49 100644
--- a/ts/windows/sandboxedInit.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/sandboxedInit.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ export const i18n = setupI18n(
   window.SignalContext.getI18nLocale(),
   window.SignalContext.getI18nLocaleMessages()
 );
+
+window.i18n = i18n;