diff --git a/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/package.json b/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/package.json
index 44de60ae5..c1aca08c5 100644
--- a/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/package.json
+++ b/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ohif/extension-vtk",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "OHIF extension for VTK.js",
   "author": "OHIF",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint -c .eslintrc --fix src && prettier --single-quote --write src/**/*.{js,jsx,json,css}"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@ohif/i18n": "0.1.1",
+    "@ohif/i18n": "0.2.2",
     "cornerstone-core": "^2.2.8",
     "cornerstone-wado-image-loader": "^2.2.3",
     "dcmjs": "^0.4.7",
diff --git a/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/src/loadLocales.js b/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/src/loadLocales.js
index 503063cc2..9723eef37 100644
--- a/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/src/loadLocales.js
+++ b/extensions/ohif-vtk-extension/src/loadLocales.js
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 import i18n from '@ohif/i18n';
 import locales from './locales';
 
-function loadLocales() {
+async function loadLocales() {
+  // Note: We should wait for the i18n initializing
+  // promise to complete before adding any new
+  // resources to i18next. If the resources are added
+  // to i18next before initialization is complete, the
+  // backend values (e.g. those from Locize) will not
+  // be loaded properly.
+  try {
+    await i18n.initializing;
+  } catch(error) {
+    throw new Error(error);
+  }
+
   i18n.addLocales(locales);
 }