diff --git a/red/api/flows.js b/red/api/flows.js
index 6b93fce90..1504c0f43 100644
--- a/red/api/flows.js
+++ b/red/api/flows.js
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-var express = require('express');
-var fs = require("fs");
-var events = require("../events");
-var path = require("path");
 
 var log = require("../log");
 var redNodes = require("../nodes");
diff --git a/red/api/index.js b/red/api/index.js
index 0a0362aff..e9e51bdf5 100644
--- a/red/api/index.js
+++ b/red/api/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var flows = require("./flows");
 var library = require("./library");
 var info = require("./info");
 var theme = require("./theme");
+var locales = require("./locales");
 
 var auth = require("./auth");
 var needsPermission = auth.needsPermission;
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ function init(adminApp,storage) {
     adminApp.get("/nodes/:mod/:set",needsPermission("nodes.read"),nodes.getSet);
     adminApp.put("/nodes/:mod/:set",needsPermission("nodes.write"),nodes.putSet);
 
+    adminApp.get(/^\/locales\/(.+?)\/(.*)$/,needsPermission("nodes.read"),locales.get);
+
     // Library
     library.init(adminApp);
     adminApp.post(new RegExp("/library/flows\/(.*)"),needsPermission("library.write"),library.post);
diff --git a/red/api/locales.js b/red/api/locales.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3649e3f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/red/api/locales.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+var i18n = require("../i18n");
+
+module.exports = {
+    get: function(req,res) {
+        var lang = req.params[0];
+        var namespace = req.params[1];
+        var catalog = i18n.catalog(namespace,lang);
+        if (catalog) {
+            res.json(catalog);
+        } else {
+            res.send(404);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/red/api/nodes.js b/red/api/nodes.js
index 0cd141947..bed72fc8a 100644
--- a/red/api/nodes.js
+++ b/red/api/nodes.js
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-var express = require('express');
-var fs = require("fs");
-var path = require("path");
-var when = require('when');
-
-var events = require("../events");
 var redNodes = require("../nodes");
 var comms = require("../comms");
 var server = require("../server");
diff --git a/test/red/api/locales_spec.js b/test/red/api/locales_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb