diff --git a/src/i18n.ts b/src/i18n.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fd546d4..0000000
--- a/src/i18n.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-import i18n from 'i18next';
-import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
-import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
-
-// We will import the translations as we create them
-// For now, we'll define them here and move them to JSON files in the next step
-const resources = {
-  en: {
-    translation: {
-      // Navbar
-      "Home": "Home",
-      "Listings": "Listings",
-      "Categories": "Categories",
-      "SearchPlaceholder": "Search listings...",
-      "SignIn": "Sign in",
-      "Register": "Register",
-      // Add other keys here
-    }
-  },
-  fr: {
-    translation: {
-      // Navbar
-      "Home": "Accueil",
-      "Listings": "Annonces",
-      "Categories": "Catégories",
-      "SearchPlaceholder": "Rechercher des annonces...",
-      "SignIn": "Connexion",
-      "Register": "S'inscrire",
-      // Add other keys here
-    }
-  },
-  de: {
-    translation: {
-        // Navbar
-        "Home": "Startseite",
-        "Listings": "Angebote",
-        "Categories": "Kategorien",
-        "SearchPlaceholder": "Angebote suchen...",
-        "SignIn": "Anmelden",
-        "Register": "Registrieren",
-        // Add other keys here
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-
-i18n
-  // Detect user language
-  .use(LanguageDetector)
-  // Pass the i18n instance to react-i18next.
-  .use(initReactI18next)
-  // Init i18next
-  .init({
-    resources,
-    fallbackLng: 'en', // Use English if the detected language is not available
-    interpolation: {
-      escapeValue: false, // React already safes from xss
-    },
-    detection: {
-      // Order and from where user language should be detected
-      order: ['localStorage', 'navigator', 'htmlTag', 'path', 'subdomain'],
-      caches: ['localStorage'],
-    }
-  });
-
-export default i18n;
diff --git a/src/locales/de/translation.json b/src/locales/de/translation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45f7a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "Home": "Startseite",
+    "Listings": "Angebote",
+    "Categories": "Kategorien",
+    "SearchPlaceholder": "Angebote suchen...",
+    "SignIn": "Anmelden",
+    "Register": "Registrieren"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/locales/en/translation.json b/src/locales/en/translation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f84e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "Home": "Home",
+    "Listings": "Listings",
+    "Categories": "Categories",
+    "SearchPlaceholder": "Search listings...",
+    "SignIn": "Sign in",
+    "Register": "Register"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/locales/fr/translation.json b/src/locales/fr/translation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17bd034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/fr/translation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "Home": "Accueil",
+    "Listings": "Annonces",
+    "Categories": "Catégories",
+    "SearchPlaceholder": "Rechercher des annonces...",
+    "SignIn": "Connexion",
+    "Register": "S'inscrire"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index cc4e722..ea9e363 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { StrictMode } from 'react';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import App from './App.tsx';
 import './index.css';
-import './i18n';
 
 createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <StrictMode>