diff --git a/app/i18n/index.js b/app/i18n/index.js
index ae4846ee6..6ac163a0d 100644
--- a/app/i18n/index.js
+++ b/app/i18n/index.js
@@ -1,66 +1,71 @@
 import i18n from 'i18n-js';
 import { I18nManager } from 'react-native';
 import * as RNLocalize from 'react-native-localize';
+import moment from 'moment';
+import 'moment/min/locales';
 
-export * from './isRTL';
+import { toMomentLocale } from '../utils/moment';
+import { isRTL } from './isRTL';
+
+export { isRTL };
 
 export const LANGUAGES = [
 	{
 		label: 'English',
 		value: 'en',
-		file: require('./locales/en.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/en.json')
 	}, {
 		label: '简体中文',
 		value: 'zh-CN',
-		file: require('./locales/zh-CN.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/zh-CN.json')
 	}, {
 		label: '繁體中文',
 		value: 'zh-TW',
-		file: require('./locales/zh-TW.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/zh-TW.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Deutsch',
 		value: 'de',
-		file: require('./locales/de.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/de.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Español (ES)',
 		value: 'es-ES',
-		file: require('./locales/es-ES.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/es-ES.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Français',
 		value: 'fr',
-		file: require('./locales/fr.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/fr.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Português (BR)',
 		value: 'pt-BR',
-		file: require('./locales/pt-BR.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/pt-BR.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Português (PT)',
 		value: 'pt-PT',
-		file: require('./locales/pt-PT.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/pt-PT.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Russian',
 		value: 'ru',
-		file: require('./locales/ru.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/ru.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Nederlands',
 		value: 'nl',
-		file: require('./locales/nl.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/nl.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Italiano',
 		value: 'it',
-		file: require('./locales/it.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/it.json')
 	}, {
 		label: '日本語',
 		value: 'ja',
-		file: require('./locales/ja.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/ja.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'العربية',
 		value: 'ar',
-		file: require('./locales/ar.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/ar.json')
 	}, {
 		label: 'Türkçe',
 		value: 'tr',
-		file: require('./locales/tr.json')
+		file: () => require('./locales/tr.json')
 	}
 ];
 
@@ -69,16 +74,29 @@ const translations = LANGUAGES.reduce((ret, item) => {
 	return ret;
 }, {});
 
-i18n.translations = translations;
-i18n.fallbacks = true;
+export const setLanguage = (l) => {
+	if (!l) {
+		return;
+	}
+	// server uses lowercase pattern (pt-br), but we're forced to use standard pattern (pt-BR)
+	const locale = LANGUAGES.find(ll => ll.value.toLowerCase() === l.toLowerCase())?.value;
+	// don't go forward if it's the same language and default language (en) was setup already
+	if (i18n.locale === locale && i18n.translations?.en) {
+		return;
+	}
+	i18n.locale = locale;
+	i18n.translations = { ...i18n.translations, [locale]: translations[locale]() };
+	I18nManager.forceRTL(isRTL(locale));
+	I18nManager.swapLeftAndRightInRTL(isRTL(locale));
+	i18n.isRTL = I18nManager.isRTL;
+	moment.locale(toMomentLocale(locale));
+};
 
 const defaultLanguage = { languageTag: 'en', isRTL: false };
-const availableLanguages = Object.keys(i18n.translations);
-const { languageTag, isRTL } = RNLocalize.findBestAvailableLanguage(availableLanguages) || defaultLanguage;
+const availableLanguages = Object.keys(translations);
+const { languageTag } = RNLocalize.findBestAvailableLanguage(availableLanguages) || defaultLanguage;
 
-I18nManager.forceRTL(isRTL);
-I18nManager.swapLeftAndRightInRTL(isRTL);
-i18n.locale = languageTag;
-i18n.isRTL = I18nManager.isRTL;
+setLanguage(languageTag);
+i18n.fallbacks = true;
 
 export default i18n;
diff --git a/app/sagas/login.js b/app/sagas/login.js
index 7673e9a6f..77eda7611 100644
--- a/app/sagas/login.js
+++ b/app/sagas/login.js
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import {
 	put, call, takeLatest, select, take, fork, cancel, race, delay
 } from 'redux-saga/effects';
 import { sanitizedRaw } from '@nozbe/watermelondb/RawRecord';
-import moment from 'moment';
-import 'moment/min/locales';
 import { Q } from '@nozbe/watermelondb';
-import { I18nManager } from 'react-native';
-
 import * as types from '../actions/actionsTypes';
 import {
 	appStart, ROOT_SET_USERNAME, ROOT_INSIDE, ROOT_LOADING, ROOT_OUTSIDE
@@ -16,10 +12,9 @@ import {
 	loginFailure, loginSuccess, setUser, logout
 } from '../actions/login';
 import { roomsRequest } from '../actions/rooms';
-import { toMomentLocale } from '../utils/moment';
 import RocketChat from '../lib/rocketchat';
 import log, { logEvent, events } from '../utils/log';
-import I18n, { LANGUAGES, isRTL } from '../i18n';
+import I18n, { setLanguage } from '../i18n';
 import database from '../lib/database';
 import EventEmitter from '../utils/events';
 import { inviteLinksRequest } from '../actions/inviteLinks';
@@ -140,8 +135,7 @@ const handleLoginSuccess = function* handleLoginSuccess({ user }) {
 		yield fork(fetchEnterpriseModules, { user });
 		yield put(encryptionInit());
 
-		I18n.locale = user.language;
-		moment.locale(toMomentLocale(user.language));
+		setLanguage(user?.language);
 
 		const serversDB = database.servers;
 		const usersCollection = serversDB.get('users');
@@ -246,13 +240,7 @@ const handleLogout = function* handleLogout({ forcedByServer }) {
 };
 
 const handleSetUser = function* handleSetUser({ user }) {
-	if (user && user.language) {
-		const locale = LANGUAGES.find(l => l.value.toLowerCase() === user.language)?.value || user.language;
-		I18n.locale = locale;
-		I18nManager.forceRTL(isRTL(locale));
-		I18nManager.swapLeftAndRightInRTL(isRTL(locale));
-		moment.locale(toMomentLocale(locale));
-	}
+	setLanguage(user?.language);
 
 	if (user && user.status) {
 		const userId = yield select(state => state.login.user.id);