diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2e2ff2c..08dade5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 // Strong globalize
-var SG = require('strong-globalize');
-SG.SetRootDir(__dirname);
+var g = require('./lib/globalize');
 
 var PluginBase = require('./lib/plugin-base');
 var Bootstrapper = require('./lib/bootstrapper').Bootstrapper;
diff --git a/intl/en/messages.json b/intl/en/messages.json
index c0e92c4..950be94 100644
--- a/intl/en/messages.json
+++ b/intl/en/messages.json
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 {
-  "ec551b6f2fafd8d40af801ebe5bb09f6": "Discarding {{middleware}} instructions, {{loopback}} client does not support {{middleware}}.",
   "1e5fea50eef843cbffd1d438494912c8": "Cannot resolve path \"{0}\"",
   "34319676975b1abf107da7a056abb434": "Invalid normalization format - \"{0}\"",
-  "46e3ab0ef1149ce0a171b5fac2612ea3": "{{Middleware}} \"{0}\" not found: {1}",
-  "79e93b2a95e969788590c14e26bb2c1b": "The data in {{model-config.json}} is in the unsupported 1.x format.",
-  "978a25819e71602cad691dbe7ba17592": "{0} config must be a valid JSON object",
-  "be2dcdab7aa493ed8d77287eb45cfec8": "cannot require directory contents without directory name",
-  "2634623ad4b2c5902f6c6bb25e68b733": "WARNING: Main {{config}} file \"{0}.json\" is missing",
+  "3a7049e42006e8bc19e0f4fc8df63b6b": "The `app` is powered by an incompatible loopback version {0}. Supported versions: {1}",
+  "3f93b626dd9a1c33d67490f6e71018b5": "WARNING: Main config file \"{0}{{.json}}\" is missing",
+  "4d052d84c8620730afd4a30832f11724": "Cannot configure unknown model {0}",
   "4ed668e9187650d898acf97707df445a": "The {{phase}} \"{0}\" is not defined in the main config.",
-  "6de7e97f033f2cf477297b3d05a93608": "The {{middleware}} \"{0}\" in phase \"{1}\"is not defined in the main config.",
-  "94a0c7d5ab6462f7892b90c63f316f42": "invalid array: {0}",
-  "ec34cc58612cb654742e4cd0a57aca78": "Cannot apply {0}: {1}",
-  "0b91d122f6459c8bbe7865be0936fc4a": "{{app.restBasePath}} is required",
-  "1cda77c9954be299bb7154f73cb6ab74": "{{instructions.middleware.phases}} must be an {{array}}",
-  "22549489736fb0d7eba5a4b08977505f": "{{app.host}} must be a {{string}}",
-  "4c581cc529a7aeda620d5c4b4ef5cfa8": "{{app.restApiRoot}} must start with \"/\"",
-  "6037512314fac9d12af6c654a3804823": "Built-in model {0} should have been defined",
-  "69746d336c89bf4bb371a6c2fe56304d": "{0} does not resolve to a valid value, returned as {1}. \"{2}\" must be resolvable in Environment variable or by app.get().",
+  "6447e6b342a2c51ab0bc53b3cbdf3742": "Ordering conflict: cannot add \"{0}\" after \"{1}\", because the opposite order was  already specified",
   "70654dc6eb565613a33344efed3de998": "Failed loading boot script: {0}\n{1}",
-  "b078ccd043437a258581e387f93dc1a5": "The `{{app}}` is powered by an incompatible {{loopback}} version {0}. Supported versions: {1}",
-  "e8d29edfb313cfe64f5c96cc7d3d5b4b": "When using {{loopback-boot}} with {{loopback}} <1.9, the {{loopback}} module must be available for `{{require('loopback')}}`.",
-  "f48405e7c61c3d665b601c9ba41da424": "{{app.port}} must be a {{string}} or {{number}}",
-  "fa2a7d5137c8891693f9515d48f5b7d7": "{{app.restApiRoot}} must be a {{string}}"
+  "7f7bdcadb75abfef1bd8a126d547dd6d": "{0} does not resolve to a valid value, returned as {1}. \"{2}\" must be resolvable in Environment variable or by {{app.get()}}.",
+  "91a742b7c3568cf6b6755741a70b3c52": "The {{middleware}} \"{0}\" in {{phase}} \"{1}\"is not defined in the main config.",
+  "a3aa22086ae4976cd013065c9a3ff81c": "Cannot apply {0}: ",
+  "be2cf2868ba54624fe38e9908dde5e9e": "The data in {{model-config.json}} is in the unsupported {{1.x}} format.",
+  "ec551b6f2fafd8d40af801ebe5bb09f6": "Discarding {{middleware}} instructions, {{loopback}} client does not support {{middleware}}.",
+  "fdc23df1bd0fe55fe3faabcc89ff60f3": "Middleware \"{0}\" not found: {1}"
 }
diff --git a/lib/bundler.js b/lib/bundler.js
index 114ffec..fa15860 100644
--- a/lib/bundler.js
+++ b/lib/bundler.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var commondir = require('commondir');
 var cloneDeep = require('lodash').cloneDeep;
-var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+var g = require('./globalize');
 
 /**
  * Add boot instructions to a browserify bundler.
diff --git a/lib/globalize.js b/lib/globalize.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..030d089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/globalize.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2014,2016. All Rights Reserved.
+// Node module: loopback-boot
+// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
+// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+'use strict';
+
+var path = require('path');
+var SG = require('strong-globalize');
+SG.SetRootDir(path.join(__dirname, '..'), { autonomousMsgLoading: 'all' });
+module.exports = SG();
diff --git a/lib/plugin-base.js b/lib/plugin-base.js
index c07b599..b132350 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-base.js
+++ b/lib/plugin-base.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:plugin');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var util = require('./utils');
+var g = require('./globalize');
 
 module.exports = PluginBase;
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ PluginBase.prototype.findConfigFiles = function(rootDir, env, name, exts) {
   var master = ifExists(name + '.json');
   if (!master && (ifExistsWithAnyExt(name + '.local') ||
     ifExistsWithAnyExt(name + '.' + env))) {
-    console.warn('WARNING: Main config file "' + name + '.json" is missing');
+    g.warn('WARNING: Main config file "%s{{.json}}" is missing', name);
   }
   if (!master) return [];
 
@@ -283,8 +284,8 @@ function getConfigVariable(app, param, useEnvVars) {
       // it will now return `undefined`, for the use case of
       // dynamic datasources url:`undefined` to fallback to other parameters
       configVariable = undefined;
-      console.warn('%s does not resolve to a valid value, returned as %s. ' +
-        '"%s" must be resolvable in Environment variable or by app.get().',
+      g.warn('%s does not resolve to a valid value, returned as %s. ' +
+        '"%s" must be resolvable in Environment variable or by {{app.get()}}.',
         param, configVariable, varName);
       debug('Dynamic Configuration: Cannot resolve variable for `%s`, ' +
         'returned as %s', varName, configVariable);
diff --git a/lib/plugins/application.js b/lib/plugins/application.js
index 9e12343..f7533eb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/application.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/application.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 var util = require('util');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var semver = require('semver');
-var format = require('util').format;
 var PluginBase = require('../plugin-base');
+var g = require('../globalize');
 
 module.exports = function(options) {
   return new Application(options);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function assertLoopBackVersion(app) {
   // while loopback-boot treats pre-releases the same way as regular versions
   var version = (loopback.version || '1.0.0').replace(/-.*$/, '');
   if (!semver.satisfies(version, RANGE)) {
-    var msg = format(
+    var msg = g.f(
       'The `app` is powered by an incompatible loopback version %s. ' +
       'Supported versions: %s',
       loopback.version || '(unknown)',
diff --git a/lib/plugins/boot-script.js b/lib/plugins/boot-script.js
index 898d5c3..5ecda08 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/boot-script.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/boot-script.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var async = require('async');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:script');
 var PluginBase = require('../plugin-base');
 var _ = require('lodash');
+var g = require('../globalize');
 
 module.exports = function(options) {
   return new Script(options);
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ function runScripts(app, list, callback) {
         });
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Failed loading boot script: %s\n%s', filepath, err.stack);
+      g.error('Failed loading boot script: %s\n%s', filepath, err.stack);
       throw err;
     }
   });
diff --git a/lib/plugins/middleware.js b/lib/plugins/middleware.js
index 265dadd..be50600 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/middleware.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var cloneDeep = _.cloneDeep;
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:middleware');
 var PluginBase = require('../plugin-base');
 var utils = require('../utils');
+var g = require('../globalize');
 
 var resolveAppScriptPath = utils.resolveAppScriptPath;
 
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ Middleware.prototype.merge = function(target, config, fileName) {
     if (phase in target) {
       err = this.mergePhaseConfig(target[phase], config[phase], phase);
     } else {
-      err = 'The phase "' + phase + '" is not defined in the main config.';
+      err = g.f('The {{phase}} "%s" is not defined in the main config.', phase);
     }
     if (err)
-      throw new Error('Cannot apply ' + fileName + ': ' + err);
+      throw new Error(g.f('Cannot apply %s: ', fileName) + err);
   }
 };
 
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ Middleware.prototype.mergePhaseConfig = function(target, config, phase) {
         err = this.mergeObjects(targetMiddleware, configMiddleware);
       }
     } else {
-      err = 'The middleware "' + mw + '" in phase "' + phase + '"' +
-        'is not defined in the main config.';
+      err = g.f('The {{middleware}} "%s" in {{phase}} "%s"' +
+        'is not defined in the main config.', mw, phase);
     }
     if (err) return err;
   }
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ Middleware.prototype.buildInstructions = function(context, rootDir, config) {
         // if a non-optional middleware is not resolvable, it will throw
         // at resolveAppPath() and not reach here
         if (!resolved.sourceFile) {
-          return console.log('Middleware "%s" not found: %s',
+          return g.log('Middleware "%s" not found: %s',
             middleware,
             resolved.optional
           );
diff --git a/lib/plugins/mixin.js b/lib/plugins/mixin.js
index 8dcd241..24081f4 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/mixin.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/mixin.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var PluginBase = require('../plugin-base');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:mixin');
 var utils = require('../utils');
+var g = require('../globalize');
 
 var tryResolveAppPath = utils.tryResolveAppPath;
 var getExcludedExtensions = utils.getExcludedExtensions;
@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ function normalizeMixinName(str, options) {
         return normalization(str);
       }
 
-      var err = new Error('Invalid normalization format - "' +
-        normalization + '"');
+      var err = new Error(g.f('Invalid normalization format - "%s"',
+        normalization));
       err.code = 'INVALID_NORMALIZATION_FORMAT';
       throw err;
   }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/model.js b/lib/plugins/model.js
index f9c249a..524d722 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/model.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/model.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var tryReadDir = utils.tryReadDir;
 var assertIsValidConfig = utils.assertIsValidConfig;
 var tryResolveAppPath = utils.tryResolveAppPath;
 var fixFileExtension = utils.fixFileExtension;
+var g = require('../globalize');
 
 module.exports = function(options) {
   return new Model(options);
@@ -234,8 +235,9 @@ function assertIsValidModelConfig(config) {
       entry.plural || options.plural;
 
     if (unsupported) {
-      throw new Error(
-        'The data in model-config.json is in the unsupported 1.x format.');
+      throw new Error(g.f(
+        'The data in {{model-config.json}} ' +
+        'is in the unsupported {{1.x}} format.'));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ Model.prototype.start = function(context) {
     if (!data.definition) {
       model = registry.getModel(name);
       if (!model) {
-        throw new Error('Cannot configure unknown model ' + name);
+        throw new Error(g.f('Cannot configure unknown model %s', name));
       }
       debug('Configuring existing model %s', name);
     } else if (isBuiltinLoopBackModel(app, data)) {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 70db916..4ee0c6b 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var Module = require('module');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var _ = require('lodash');
+var g = require('./globalize');
 
 exports.tryReadDir = tryReadDir;
 exports.resolveRelativePaths = resolveRelativePaths;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ function fixFileExtension(filepath, files, onlyScriptsExportingFunction) {
 function resolveAppPath(rootDir, relativePath, resolveOptions) {
   var resolvedPath = tryResolveAppPath(rootDir, relativePath, resolveOptions);
   if (resolvedPath === undefined && !resolveOptions.optional) {
-    var err = new Error('Cannot resolve path "' + relativePath + '"');
+    var err = new Error(g.f('Cannot resolve path "%s"', relativePath));
     err.code = 'PATH_NOT_FOUND';
     throw err;
   }
@@ -314,9 +315,10 @@ function mergePhaseNameLists(currentNames, namesToMerge) {
       // A new phase - try to add it after the last one,
       // unless it was already registered
       if (targetArray.indexOf(valueToAdd) !== -1) {
-        throw new Error('Ordering conflict: cannot add "' + valueToAdd +
-          '" after "' + previousValue + '", because the opposite order was ' +
-          ' already specified');
+        var errMsg = g.f('Ordering conflict: cannot add "%s' +
+          '" after "%s", because the opposite order was ' +
+          ' already specified', valueToAdd, previousValue);
+        throw new Error(errMsg);
       }
       var previousIx = targetArray.indexOf(previousValue);
       targetArray.splice(previousIx + 1, 0, valueToAdd);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16da0c0..64699ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "semver": "^5.1.0",
-    "strong-globalize": "^2.6.2",
+    "strong-globalize": "^2.7.0",
     "toposort": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {