diff --git a/server/locales/CONTRIBUTE.md b/server/locales/CONTRIBUTE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e6c105d..00000000
--- a/server/locales/CONTRIBUTE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# How to contribute new translations
-
-https://github.com/Requarks/wiki#translations
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/setup.js b/server/setup.js
index 525bd507..a0ae209b 100644
--- a/server/setup.js
+++ b/server/setup.js
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ module.exports = () => {
       WIKI.logger.info('Installing default locale...')
       await WIKI.models.locales.query().insert({
         code: 'en',
-        strings: JSON.stringify({}),
+        strings: {},
         isRTL: false,
         name: 'English',
         nativeName: 'English'