diff --git a/src/base.php b/src/base.php
index b7972f1..f5906c9 100644
--- a/src/base.php
+++ b/src/base.php
@@ -4,3 +4,20 @@ $env = 'prod';
 if (getenv('ENV') !== false && in_array(getenv('ENV'), ['prod', 'dev']))
 	$env = getenv('ENV');
 define('ENV', $env);
+
+
+# load locales
+$lang = 'es';
+$lang_file = '/src/locales/'.$lang.'.json';
+$locales = (object)[];
+if (file_exists($lang_file))
+	$locales = json_decode(file_get_contents($lang_file), true);
+$locales;
+
+function l($key, $default='') {
+    global $locales;
+	$parts = explode('.', $key);
+	if (isset($locales[$parts[0]][$parts[1]]))
+		echo $locales[$parts[0]][$parts[1]];
+	else echo $default;
+}
diff --git a/src/locales/es.json b/src/locales/es.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c187d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/es.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"all": {
+		"app_name": "RealFan",
+		"_": ""
+	},
+	"home": {
+		"register": "Regístrate",
+		"_": ""
+	},
+	"_": ""
+}