diff --git a/src/i18n/config.js b/src/i18n/config.js
index 2d5112b21..8ba6a96e0 100644
--- a/src/i18n/config.js
+++ b/src/i18n/config.js
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ export default {
   localeFallback: 'en',
 
   // Detect locale by checking browser language
-  detectLocale: 1,
+  detectLocale: true,
 
   // Show warnings when some of the i18n resources are missing
-  debug: 0,
+  debug: false,
 
   // Messages to translate
   messages: {
-    en
-  }
+    en,
+  },
+
+  // Additional messages. This allows extending the default `messages` set directly from the configuration.
+  messagesAdd: null,
 };