diff --git a/i18n/I18N.php b/i18n/I18N.php
index 08a2294..e4f0f25 100644
--- a/i18n/I18N.php
+++ b/i18n/I18N.php
@@ -49,12 +49,16 @@ class I18N
         self::$lang = Env::Cookie('lang', self::getAcceptLanguage());
         self::setLang(self::$lang);
         self::$locale = self::$locales[self::$lang];
-        
-        putenv('LANG=' . self::$locale);
-        setlocale(LC_ALL, self::$locale . '.UTF-8');
+        self::initForLocale(self::$locale);
+    }
+    
+    static public function initForLocale($locale)
+    {
+        putenv('LANG=' . $locale);
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, $locale . '.UTF-8');
         bindtextdomain(self::$domain, PATH . '/' . APP . '/src/i18n/');
         textdomain(self::$domain);
-        bind_textdomain_codeset(self::$domain, 'UTF-8');
+        bind_textdomain_codeset(self::$domain, 'UTF-8');        
     }
     
     static protected function getAcceptLanguage()