diff --git a/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj b/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
index 479d554..0a0e4ce 100644
--- a/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
+++ b/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
@@ -160,12 +160,13 @@
                         (acceptable-languages accept-language-header))))]
     (timbre/debug (str "Found i18n file at '" file-path "'"))
     (try
-      (slurp-resource
-        (or
-          file-path
-          (join java.io.File/separator
-                [resource-path
-                 (str default-locale ".edn")])))
+      (read-string
+        (slurp-resource
+          (or
+            file-path
+            (join java.io.File/separator
+                  [resource-path
+                   (str default-locale ".edn")]))))
       (catch Exception any
         (timbre/error (str "Failed to load internationalisation because " (.getMessage any)))
         nil))))
diff --git a/test/scot/weft/i18n/test/core.clj b/test/scot/weft/i18n/test/core.clj
index 49621de..8992988 100644
--- a/test/scot/weft/i18n/test/core.clj
+++ b/test/scot/weft/i18n/test/core.clj
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@
     (is
       (=
         "This is not a pipe"
-        (:pipe (get-messages "en-GB, fr-FR;q=0.9" "resources/i18n" "en-GB"))))
+        (:pipe (get-messages "en-GB, fr-FR;q=0.9" "i18n" "en-GB"))))
     (is
       (=
         "Ceci n'est pas une pipe."
-        (:pipe (get-messages "en-GB;q=0.9, fr-FR" "resources/i18n" "en-GB"))))
+        (:pipe (get-messages "en-GB;q=0.9, fr-FR" "i18n" "en-GB"))))
     (is
-      (= nil (get-messages "xx-XX;q=0.5, yy-YY" "resources/i18n" "zz-ZZ"))
+      (= nil (get-messages "xx-XX;q=0.5, yy-YY" "i18n" "zz-ZZ"))
       "If no usable file is found, an exception should not be thrown.")))