diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77a62c1e..cda5cf92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ _vimrc_local.vim
 /public/coverage
 /coverage
 /unittests.xml
+/resources/lang/*/*.mo
 
 # Composer files
 /vendor/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02508157..594011b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ The following instructions explain how to get, build and run the latest engelsys
     ```bash
     yarn build
     ```
+ * Optionally (for better performance)
+   * Generate translation files
+      ```bash
+      find resources/lang/ -type f -name '*.po' -exec sh -c 'file="{}"; msgfmt "${file%.*}.po" -o "${file%.*}.mo"' \;
+      ```
 
 ### Configuration and Setup
  * The webserver must have write access to the ```import``` and ```storage``` directories and read access for all other directories
diff --git a/resources/lang/de_DE/default.mo b/resources/lang/de_DE/default.mo
deleted file mode 100644
index d4b7885b..00000000
Binary files a/resources/lang/de_DE/default.mo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/default.mo b/resources/lang/en_US/default.mo
deleted file mode 100644
index 30dd375d..00000000
Binary files a/resources/lang/en_US/default.mo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/lang/pt_BR/default.mo b/resources/lang/pt_BR/default.mo
deleted file mode 100644
index d15826e6..00000000
Binary files a/resources/lang/pt_BR/default.mo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProvider.php b/src/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProvider.php
index 05e782ec..6df9b0fe 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProvider.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation;
 use Engelsystem\Config\Config;
 use Engelsystem\Container\ServiceProvider;
 use Gettext\Translations;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
 
 class TranslationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -69,14 +70,18 @@ class TranslationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function getTranslator(string $locale): GettextTranslator
     {
         if (!isset($this->translators[$locale])) {
-            $file = $this->app->get('path.lang') . '/' . $locale . '/default.mo';
+            $file = $this->getFile($locale);
 
             /** @var GettextTranslator $translator */
             $translator = $this->app->make(GettextTranslator::class);
 
             /** @var Translations $translations */
             $translations = $this->app->make(Translations::class);
-            $translations->addFromMoFile($file);
+            if (Str::endsWith($file, '.mo')) {
+                $translations->addFromMoFile($file);
+            } else {
+                $translations->addFromPoFile($file);
+            }
 
             $translator->loadTranslations($translations);
 
@@ -85,4 +90,20 @@ class TranslationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
         return $this->translators[$locale];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $locale
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getFile(string $locale): string
+    {
+        $filepath = $file = $this->app->get('path.lang') . '/' . $locale . '/default';
+        $file = $filepath . '.mo';
+
+        if (!file_exists($file)) {
+            $file = $filepath . '.po';
+        }
+
+        return $file;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/Assets/ba_RR/default.po b/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/Assets/ba_RR/default.po
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..887e2daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/Assets/ba_RR/default.po
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Testing content
+msgid "foo.bar"
+msgstr "B Arr!"
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProviderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProviderTest.php
index 1822f353..e55fdf02 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Helpers/Translation/TranslationServiceProviderTest.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
 class TranslationServiceProviderTest extends ServiceProviderTest
 {
     /**
-     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::register()
+     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::register
      */
     public function testRegister(): void
     {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TranslationServiceProviderTest extends ServiceProviderTest
         /** @var TranslationServiceProvider|MockObject $serviceProvider */
         $serviceProvider = $this->getMockBuilder(TranslationServiceProvider::class)
             ->setConstructorArgs([$app])
-            ->setMethods(['setLocale'])
+            ->onlyMethods(['setLocale'])
             ->getMock();
 
         $app->expects($this->exactly(2))
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TranslationServiceProviderTest extends ServiceProviderTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::getTranslator()
+     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::getTranslator
      */
     public function testGetTranslator(): void
     {
@@ -91,4 +91,20 @@ class TranslationServiceProviderTest extends ServiceProviderTest
         // Retry from cache
         $serviceProvider->getTranslator('fo_OO');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::getTranslator
+     * @covers \Engelsystem\Helpers\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::getFile
+     */
+    public function testGetTranslatorFromPo(): void
+    {
+        $app = $this->getApp(['get']);
+        $this->setExpects($app, 'get', ['path.lang'], __DIR__ . '/Assets');
+
+        $serviceProvider = new TranslationServiceProvider($app);
+
+        // Get translator using a .po file
+        $translator = $serviceProvider->getTranslator('ba_RR');
+        $this->assertEquals('B Arr!', $translator->gettext('foo.bar'));
+    }
 }