diff --git a/setup/tools/filegen/realmmenu.ss.php b/setup/tools/filegen/realmmenu.ss.php
index c6dc8080..61c6c8ce 100644
--- a/setup/tools/filegen/realmmenu.ss.php
+++ b/setup/tools/filegen/realmmenu.ss.php
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ CLISetup::registerSetup("build", new class extends SetupScript
             CLI::write('[realmmenu] no viable realms found .. realm menu will be empty', CLI::LOG_WARN);
 
         // why is this file not localized!?
+        User::useLocale(LOCALE_EN);
+        Lang::load(LOCALE_EN);
+
         foreach (Util::$regions as $idx => $n)
             if ($set & (1 << $idx))
                 $menu[] = [$n, Lang::profiler('regions', $n), null, &$subs[$idx]];
diff --git a/setup/updates/1720449931_01.sql b/setup/updates/1720449931_01.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af72739b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/updates/1720449931_01.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+UPDATE `aowow_dbversion` SET `build` = CONCAT(IFNULL(`build`, ''), ' realmmenu');