diff --git a/includes/ajaxHandler/admin.class.php b/includes/ajaxHandler/admin.class.php
index 90558dd4..b9edffcb 100644
--- a/includes/ajaxHandler/admin.class.php
+++ b/includes/ajaxHandler/admin.class.php
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ class AjaxAdmin extends AjaxHandler
             case 'static_host':
                 $buildList = 'searchplugin,power,searchboxBody,searchboxScript';
                 break;
+            case 'locales':
+                $buildList = 'locales';
+                $msg .= ' * remember to rebuild all static files for the language you just added.<br />';
+                $msg .= ' * you can speed this up by supplying the regionCode to the setup: <pre class="q1">--locales=<regionCodes,> -f</pre>';
+                break;
             case 'profiler_queue':
                 $fn = function($x) use (&$msg) {
                     if (!$x)
diff --git a/includes/utilities.php b/includes/utilities.php
index f2e4096f..a9f333a1 100644
--- a/includes/utilities.php
+++ b/includes/utilities.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class SimpleXML extends SimpleXMLElement
 
 class Util
 {
-    const FILE_ACCESS = 0755;
+    const FILE_ACCESS = 0777;
 
     public static $localeStrings            = array(        // zero-indexed
         'enus',         null,           'frfr',         'dede',         null,           null,           'eses',         null,           'ruru'
diff --git a/setup/tools/clisetup/siteconfig.func.php b/setup/tools/clisetup/siteconfig.func.php
index a439f5f4..a070ddbf 100644
--- a/setup/tools/clisetup/siteconfig.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/clisetup/siteconfig.func.php
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ function siteconfig()
             case 'static_host':
                 array_push($updScripts, 'searchplugin', 'power', 'searchboxBody', 'searchboxScript');
                 break;
+            case 'locales':
+                array_push($updScripts, 'locales');
+                CLISetup::log(' * remember to rebuild all static files for the language you just added.', CLISetup::LOG_INFO);
+                CLISetup::log(' * you can speed this up by supplying the regionCode to the setup: '.CLISetup::bold('--locales=<regionCodes,> -f'));
+                break;
             case 'profiler_queue':
                 $fn = function($x) {
                     if (!$x)
diff --git a/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php b/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
index ab58f77d..b3e84fa8 100644
--- a/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
+++ b/setup/tools/fileGen.class.php
@@ -208,48 +208,36 @@ class FileGen
 
             if ($content = file_get_contents(FileGen::$tplPath.$file.'.in'))
             {
-                if ($dest = @fOpen($destPath.$file, "w"))
+                // replace constants
+                $content = strtr($content, FileGen::$txtConstants);
+
+                // check for required auxiliary DBC files
+                foreach ($reqDBC as $req)
+                    if (!CLISetup::loadDBC($req))
+                        continue;
+
+                // must generate content
+                // PH format: /*setup:<setupFunc>*/
+                $funcOK = true;
+                if (preg_match_all('/\/\*setup:([\w\-_]+)\*\//i', $content, $m))
                 {
-                    // replace constants
-                    $content = strtr($content, FileGen::$txtConstants);
-
-                    // check for required auxiliary DBC files
-                    foreach ($reqDBC as $req)
-                        if (!CLISetup::loadDBC($req))
-                            continue;
-
-                    // must generate content
-                    // PH format: /*setup:<setupFunc>*/
-                    $funcOK = true;
-                    if (preg_match_all('/\/\*setup:([\w\-_]+)\*\//i', $content, $m))
+                    foreach ($m[1] as $func)
                     {
-                        foreach ($m[1] as $func)
+                        if (function_exists($func))
+                            $content = str_replace('/*setup:'.$func.'*/', $func(), $content);
+                        else
                         {
-                            if (function_exists($func))
-                                $content = str_replace('/*setup:'.$func.'*/', $func(), $content);
-                            else
-                            {
-                                $funcOK = false;
-                                CLISetup::log('No function for was registered for placeholder '.$func.'().', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
-                                if (!array_reduce(get_included_files(), function ($inArray, $itr) use ($func) { return $inArray || false !== strpos($itr, $func); }, false))
-                                    CLISetup::log('Also, expected include setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php was not found.');
-                            }
+                            $funcOK = false;
+                            CLISetup::log('No function for was registered for placeholder '.$func.'().', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
+                            if (!array_reduce(get_included_files(), function ($inArray, $itr) use ($func) { return $inArray || false !== strpos($itr, $func); }, false))
+                                CLISetup::log('Also, expected include setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php was not found.');
                         }
                     }
-
-                    if (fWrite($dest, $content))
-                    {
-                        CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_NONE, CLISetup::bold($destPath.$file)), CLISetup::LOG_OK);
-                        if ($content && $funcOK)
-                            $success = true;
-                    }
-                    else
-                        CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_WRITE_FILE, CLISetup::bold($destPath.$file)), CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
-
-                    fClose($dest);
                 }
-                else
-                    CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_CREATE_FILE, CLISetup::bold($destPath.$file)), CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
+
+                if ($content && $funcOK)
+                    if (CLISetup::writeFile($destPath.$file, $content))
+                        $success = true;
             }
             else
                 CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_READ_FILE, CLISetup::bold(FileGen::$tplPath.$file.'.in')), CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);