diff --git a/src/i18n/strings-prelude.js b/src/i18n/strings-prelude.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e9ddc468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/strings-prelude.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if (!window.i18n) {
+  throw Error("Module loading order incorrect, please load i18n module before loading i18n-strings");
+}