diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcab9e323..a4e031399 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ api-docs.json
 ormconfig.json
 /custom
 packages/backend/assets/instance.css
-/locales/custom
 
 # blender backups
 *.blend1
diff --git a/custom/instance.css b/custom/assets/instance.css
similarity index 100%
rename from custom/instance.css
rename to custom/assets/instance.css
diff --git a/custom/locales/.gitkeep b/custom/locales/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 86f860e56..89a6acb83 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ gulp.task('copy:backend:views', () =>
 );
 
 gulp.task('copy:backend:custom', () =>
-	gulp.src('./custom/*').pipe(gulp.dest('./packages/backend/assets/'))
+	gulp.src('./custom/assets/*').pipe(gulp.dest('./packages/backend/assets/'))
 );
 
 gulp.task('copy:client:fonts', () =>
diff --git a/locales/index.js b/locales/index.js
index 94643a76e..7399bb5a1 100644
--- a/locales/index.js
+++ b/locales/index.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(__dirname).forEach((file) => {
 	}
 })
 
-fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/custom').forEach((file) => {
+fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/../custom/locales').forEach((file) => {
 	if (file.includes('.yml')){
 		file = file.slice(0, file.indexOf('.'))
 		languages_custom.push(file);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const primaries = {
 const clean = (text) => text.replace(new RegExp(String.fromCodePoint(0x08), 'g'), '');
 
 const locales = languages.reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = yaml.load(clean(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/${c}.yml`, 'utf-8'))) || {}, a), {});
-const locales_custom = languages_custom.reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = yaml.load(clean(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/custom/${c}.yml`, 'utf-8'))) || {}, a), {});
+const locales_custom = languages_custom.reduce((a, c) => (a[c] = yaml.load(clean(fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../custom/locales/${c}.yml`, 'utf-8'))) || {}, a), {});
 Object.assign(locales, locales_custom)
 
 module.exports = Object.entries(locales)