diff --git a/dist/index.html b/dist/index.html
index 724c2cc..ae8adc0 100644
--- a/dist/index.html
+++ b/dist/index.html
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
             <div id="voteResetPanel" class="bg-dark text-light" style="display:none;">
                 <span id="voteResetText">Do you want to reset the vm?</span><br/>
                 <button class="btn btn-success" id="voteYesBtn"><i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i><span id="voteYesText">Yes</span><span class="badge bg-secondary" id="voteYesLabel"></span></button> <button class="btn btn-danger" id="voteNoBtn"><i class="fa-solid fa-ban"></i><span id="voteNoText">No</span><span class="badge bg-secondary" id="voteNoLabel"></span></button><br/>
-                Vote ends in <span id="votetime"></span> seconds<br/>
+                <span id="voteStatusText">Vote ends in # seconds<br/></span>
                 <div id="forceVotePanel">
                     <button class="btn btn-info" id="forceVoteYesBtn"><i class="fa-solid fa-check"></i><span id="passVoteButtonText">Pass Vote</span></button>
                     <button class="btn btn-info" id="forceVoteNoBtn"><i class="fa-solid fa-ban"></i><span id="cancelVoteButtonText">Cancel Vote</span></button>
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c31d59c..98481bf 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ const voteyesbtn = document.getElementById("voteYesBtn");
 const votenobtn = document.getElementById("voteNoBtn");
 const voteyeslabel = document.getElementById("voteYesLabel");
 const votenolabel = document.getElementById("voteNoLabel");
-const votetime = document.getElementById("votetime");
 const staffbtns = document.getElementById("staffbtns");
 const qemuMonitorInput = document.getElementById("qemuMonitorInput");
 const qemuMonitorOutput = document.getElementById("qemuMonitorOutput");
 const xssCheckbox = document.getElementById("xssCheckbox");
 const xssCheckboxContainer = document.getElementById("xssCheckboxContainer");
 const forceVotePanel = document.getElementById("forceVotePanel");
+const voteStatusText = document.getElementById("voteStatusText");
 // needed to scroll to bottom
 const chatListDiv = document.querySelector(".chat-table");
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class CollabVMClient {
                             timeToEnd--;
                             if (timeToEnd === 0)
                                 clearInterval(voteinterval);
-                            votetime.innerText = timeToEnd;
+                            voteStatusText.innerText = window.i18n.get("Vote ends in # seconds").replace("#", timeToEnd);
                         }
                         voteinterval = setInterval(updateVote, 1000);
                         updateVote();