diff --git a/i18next.config.base.ts b/i18next.config.base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8a0f780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18next.config.base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import type { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
+
+const configBase: Parameters<typeof defineConfig>[0] = {
+  extract: {
+    input: [
+      'src/renderer/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
+      'src/main/**/*.ts',
+      'src/common/**/*.ts',
+      'src/preload/**/*.ts',
+    ],
+    output: 'locales/{{language}}/{{namespace}}.json',
+    defaultNS: 'translation',
+    functions: [
+      't',
+      '*.t',
+    ],
+    transComponents: [
+      'Trans',
+    ],
+    ignoredAttributes: ['data-testid', 'aria-label', 'role'],
+
+    // Keep in sync between i18next-parser.config.js and i18nCommon.js:
+    keySeparator: false,
+    nsSeparator: false,
+  },
+  types: {
+    input: [
+      'locales/{{language}}/{{namespace}}.json',
+    ],
+    output: 'src/types/i18next.d.ts',
+  },
+};
+
+export default configBase;
diff --git a/i18next.config.scan.ts b/i18next.config.scan.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03a0c65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18next.config.scan.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
+
+import configBase from './i18next.config.base.js';
+
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  ...configBase,
+  locales: ['en'],
+});
diff --git a/i18next.config.ts b/i18next.config.ts
index 14cda44e..f87aa0c6 100644
--- a/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/i18next.config.ts
@@ -2,36 +2,9 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
 import { langNames, mapLang, SupportedLanguage } from './src/common/i18n.js';
-
+import configBase from './i18next.config.base.js';
 
 export default defineConfig({
+  ...configBase,
   locales: Object.keys(langNames).map((lng) => mapLang(lng as SupportedLanguage)),
-  extract: {
-    input: [
-      'src/renderer/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
-      'src/main/**/*.ts',
-      'src/common/**/*.ts',
-      'src/preload/**/*.ts',
-    ],
-    output: 'locales/{{language}}/{{namespace}}.json',
-    defaultNS: 'translation',
-    functions: [
-      't',
-      '*.t',
-    ],
-    transComponents: [
-      'Trans',
-    ],
-    ignoredAttributes: ['data-testid', 'aria-label', 'role'],
-
-    // Keep in sync between i18next-parser.config.js and i18nCommon.js:
-    keySeparator: false,
-    nsSeparator: false,
-  },
-  types: {
-    input: [
-      'locales/{{language}}/{{namespace}}.json',
-    ],
-    output: 'src/types/i18next.d.ts',
-  },
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a9f0bfa..f3e410ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
     "version": "tsx script/postversion.mts && git add no.mifi.losslesscut.appdata.xml",
     "pack-linux": "yarn build && electron-builder --linux",
-    "scan-i18n": "i18next-cli extract",
+    "scan-i18n": "i18next-cli -c i18next.config.scan.ts extract",
     "generate-licenses": "yarn licenses generate-disclaimer > licenses.txt && echo '\n\nffmpeg is licensed under GPL v2+:\n\nhttp://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html' >> licenses.txt"
   },
   "author": {
diff --git a/tsconfig.node.json b/tsconfig.node.json
index 1113d8b4..d2814bd2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "electron.vite.config.ts",
-    "i18next.config.ts",
+    "i18next.config*.ts",
     "script/**/*",
   ],
 }
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