diff --git a/customer_mysql.php b/customer_mysql.php
index d231aa99..6b91714d 100644
--- a/customer_mysql.php
+++ b/customer_mysql.php
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ if ($page == 'overview' || $page == 'mysqls') {
 			Response::dynamicError($e->getMessage());
 		}
 
-		Database::needSqlData();
-		$sql = Database::getSqlData();
-		// FIXME: setting translation on the fly is currently not supported; do we want this; alternatives
-		// $lng['mysql']['description'] = str_replace('<SQL_HOST>', $sql['host'], lng('mysql.description'));
-
 		$actions_links = false;
 		if ($userinfo['mysqls_used'] < $userinfo['mysqls'] || $userinfo['mysqls'] == '-1') {
 			$actions_links = [
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigDaemon.php b/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigDaemon.php
index e31479e6..0e9cde33 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigDaemon.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigDaemon.php
@@ -113,13 +113,12 @@ class ConfigDaemon
 			if (preg_match('/^settings\.(.*)$/', $matches[1], $match)) {
 				return Settings::Get($match[1]);
 			} elseif (preg_match('/^lng\.(.*)(?:\.(.*)(?:\.(.*)))$/U', $matches[1], $match)) {
-				global $lng;
 				if (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '' && isset($match[2]) && $match[2] != '' && isset($match[3]) && $match[3] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]][$match[2]][$match[3]];
+					return lng($match[1] . '.' . $match[2] . '.' . $match[3]);
 				} elseif (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '' && isset($match[2]) && $match[2] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]][$match[2]];
+					return lng($match[1] . '.' . $match[2]);
 				} elseif (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]];
+					return lng($match[1]);
 				}
 				return '';
 			} elseif (preg_match('/^const\.(.*)$/', $matches[1], $match)) {
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class ConfigDaemon
 						$preparsed[] = $include;
 					}
 					break;
-				// The next 3 are groupings, <visibility> MUST come first in this to work properly
+					// The next 3 are groupings, <visibility> MUST come first in this to work properly
 				case "commands":
 				case "files":
 				case "installs":
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigService.php b/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigService.php
index 157c4250..799630f7 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigService.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Config/ConfigService.php
@@ -93,13 +93,12 @@ class ConfigService
 			if (preg_match('/^settings\.(.*)$/', $matches[1], $match)) {
 				return Settings::Get($match[1]);
 			} elseif (preg_match('/^lng\.(.*)(?:\.(.*)(?:\.(.*)))$/U', $matches[1], $match)) {
-				global $lng;
 				if (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '' && isset($match[2]) && $match[2] != '' && isset($match[3]) && $match[3] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]][$match[2]][$match[3]];
+					return lng($match[1] . '.' . $match[2] . '.' . $match[3]);
 				} elseif (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '' && isset($match[2]) && $match[2] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]][$match[2]];
+					return lng($match[1] . '.' . $match[2]);
 				} elseif (isset($match[1]) && $match[1] != '') {
-					return $lng[$match[1]];
+					return lng($match[1]);
 				}
 				return '';
 			}
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/MasterCron.php b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/MasterCron.php
index 46178f91..f58f3be6 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/MasterCron.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/MasterCron.php
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ class MasterCron extends FroxlorCron
 			unset($sql['root_password']);
 		}
 
+		require Froxlor::getInstallDir() . '/lib/functions.php';
 		// Includes the MySQL-Tabledefinitions etc.
 		require Froxlor::getInstallDir() . '/lib/tables.inc.php';
 		fwrite(self::$debugHandler, 'Table definitions included' . "\n");
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Traffic/ReportsCron.php b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Traffic/ReportsCron.php
index be549f09..f8aa6eaf 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Traffic/ReportsCron.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Cron/Traffic/ReportsCron.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use Froxlor\PhpHelper;
 use Froxlor\Settings;
 use Froxlor\System\Mailer;
 use Froxlor\User;
+use Froxlor\Language;
 use PDO;
 
 class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
@@ -98,29 +99,8 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 						'MAX_PERCENT' => Settings::Get('system.report_trafficmax')
 					];
 
-					$lngfile_stmt = Database::prepare("
-						SELECT `file` FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_LANGUAGE . "`
-						WHERE `language` = :deflang
-					");
-					$lngfile = Database::pexecute_first($lngfile_stmt, [
-						'deflang' => $row['def_language']
-					]);
-
-					if ($lngfile !== null) {
-						$langfile = $lngfile['file'];
-					} else {
-						$lngfile = Database::pexecute_first($lngfile_stmt, [
-							'deflang' => Settings::Get('panel.standardlanguage')
-						]);
-						$langfile = $lngfile['file'];
-					}
-
-					// include english language file (fallback)
-					include FileDir::makeCorrectFile(Froxlor::getInstallDir() . '/lng/english.lng.php');
-					// include admin/customer language file
-					if ($lngfile != 'lng/english.lng.php') {
-						include FileDir::makeCorrectFile(Froxlor::getInstallDir() . '/' . $langfile);
-					}
+					// set target user language
+					Language::setLanguage($row['def_language']);
 
 					// Get mail templates from database; the ones from 'admin' are fetched for fallback
 					$result2_stmt = Database::prepare("
@@ -135,11 +115,11 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 						'varname' => 'trafficmaxpercent_subject'
 					];
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['trafficmaxpercent']['subject']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.trafficmaxpercent.subject')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$result2_data['varname'] = 'trafficmaxpercent_mailbody';
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['trafficmaxpercent']['mailbody']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.trafficmaxpercent.mailbody')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$_mailerror = false;
 					$mailerr_msg = "";
@@ -241,11 +221,11 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 						'varname' => 'trafficmaxpercent_subject'
 					];
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['trafficmaxpercent']['subject']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.trafficmaxpercent.subject')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$result2_data['varname'] = 'trafficmaxpercent_mailbody';
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['trafficmaxpercent']['mailbody']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.trafficmaxpercent.mailbody')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$_mailerror = false;
 					$mailerr_msg = "";
@@ -447,11 +427,11 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 						'varname' => 'diskmaxpercent_subject'
 					];
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['diskmaxpercent']['subject']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.diskmaxpercent.subject')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$result2_data['varname'] = 'diskmaxpercent_mailbody';
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['diskmaxpercent']['mailbody']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.diskmaxpercent.mailbody')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$_mailerror = false;
 					$mailerr_msg = "";
@@ -544,11 +524,11 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 						'varname' => 'diskmaxpercent_subject'
 					];
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['diskmaxpercent']['subject']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_subject = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.diskmaxpercent.subject')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$result2_data['varname'] = 'diskmaxpercent_mailbody';
 					$result2 = Database::pexecute_first($result2_stmt, $result2_data);
-					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : $lng['mails']['diskmaxpercent']['mailbody']), $replace_arr));
+					$mail_body = html_entity_decode(PhpHelper::replaceVariables((($result2 !== false && $result2['value'] != '') ? $result2['value'] : lng('mails.diskmaxpercent.mailbody')), $replace_arr));
 
 					$_mailerror = false;
 					$mailerr_msg = "";
@@ -580,8 +560,6 @@ class ReportsCron extends FroxlorCron
 					Database::pexecute($upd_stmt, [
 						'adminid' => $row['adminid']
 					]);
-
-					unset($lng);
 				}
 			}
 		} // webmax > 0
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Domain/Domain.php b/lib/Froxlor/Domain/Domain.php
index 69aeb270..c5dd7f9d 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Domain/Domain.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Domain/Domain.php
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ class Domain
 	 */
 	public static function getRedirectCodes($add_desc = true)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		$sql = "SELECT * FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_REDIRECTCODES . "` WHERE `enabled` = '1' ORDER BY `id` ASC";
 		$result_stmt = Database::query($sql);
 
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ class Domain
 		while ($rc = $result_stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 			$codes[$rc['id']] = $rc['code'];
 			if ($add_desc) {
-				$codes[$rc['id']] .= ' (' . $lng['redirect_desc'][$rc['desc']] . ')';
+				$codes[$rc['id']] .= ' (' . lng('redirect_desc.' . $rc['desc']) . ')';
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Domain/IpAddr.php b/lib/Froxlor/Domain/IpAddr.php
index 3ce52fad..5bc76f44 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Domain/IpAddr.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Domain/IpAddr.php
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ class IpAddr
 
 	public static function getSslIpPortCombinations()
 	{
-		global $lng;
 		return [
-				'' => $lng['panel']['none_value']
+				'' => lng('panel.none_value')
 			] + self::getIpPortCombinations(true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/FileDir.php b/lib/Froxlor/FileDir.php
index 0d001d15..d2aa346e 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/FileDir.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/FileDir.php
@@ -424,8 +424,6 @@ class FileDir
 	 */
 	public static function makePathfield($path, $uid, $gid, $value = '', $dom = false)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		$value = str_replace($path, '', $value);
 		$field = [];
 
@@ -471,20 +469,17 @@ class FileDir
 					// remove starting slash we added
 					// for the Dropdown, #225
 					$value = substr($value, 1);
-					// $field = $lng['panel']['toomanydirs'];
 					$field = [
 						'type' => 'text',
 						'value' => htmlspecialchars($value),
-						'note' => $lng['panel']['toomanydirs']
+						'note' => lng('panel.toomanydirs')
 					];
 				}
 			} else {
-				// $field = $lng['panel']['dirsmissing'];
-				// $field = '<input type="hidden" name="path" value="/" />';
 				$field = [
 					'type' => 'hidden',
 					'value' => '/',
-					'note' => $lng['panel']['dirsmissing']
+					'note' => lng('panel.dirsmissing')
 				];
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/System/Crypt.php b/lib/Froxlor/System/Crypt.php
index 391a3782..05be41f5 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/System/Crypt.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/System/Crypt.php
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@ class Crypt
 	 */
 	public static function getAvailablePasswordHashes()
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		// get available pwd-hases
 		$available_pwdhashes = [
-			PASSWORD_DEFAULT => $lng['serversettings']['systemdefault']
+			PASSWORD_DEFAULT => lng('serversettings.systemdefault')
 		];
 		if (defined('PASSWORD_BCRYPT')) {
 			$available_pwdhashes[PASSWORD_BCRYPT] = 'Bcrypt/Blowfish';
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/UI/Form.php b/lib/Froxlor/UI/Form.php
index 63f1ad52..5fdc6677 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/UI/Form.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/UI/Form.php
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ class Form
 
 	public static function getFormOverviewGroupOutput($groupname, $groupdetails)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		$activated = true;
 		if (isset($groupdetails['fields'])) {
 			foreach ($groupdetails['fields'] as $fielddetails) {
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ class Form
 		if (isset($groupdetails['websrv_avail']) && is_array($groupdetails['websrv_avail'])) {
 			$websrv = Settings::Get('system.webserver');
 			if (!in_array($websrv, $groupdetails['websrv_avail'])) {
-				$item['info'] = sprintf($lng['serversettings']['option_unavailable_websrv'], implode(", ", $groupdetails['websrv_avail']));
+				$item['info'] = lng('serversettings.option_unavailable_websrv', [implode(", ", $groupdetails['websrv_avail'])]);
 				$item['visible'] = false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -135,8 +133,6 @@ class Form
 
 	public static function getFormFieldOutput($fieldname, $fielddata): array
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		$returnvalue = [];
 		if (is_array($fielddata) && isset($fielddata['type']) && $fielddata['type'] != '') {
 			if (!isset($fielddata['value'])) {
@@ -170,7 +166,7 @@ class Form
 				$websrv = Settings::Get('system.webserver');
 				if (!in_array($websrv, $fielddata['websrv_avail'])) {
 					$do_show = false;
-					$fielddata['note'] = sprintf($lng['serversettings']['option_unavailable_websrv'], implode(", ", $fielddata['websrv_avail']));
+					$fielddata['note'] = lng('serversettings.option_unavailable_websrv', [implode(", ", $fielddata['websrv_avail'])]);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ class Form
 			if (isset($fielddata['visible']) && $do_show) {
 				$do_show = $fielddata['visible'];
 				if (!$do_show) {
-					$fielddata['note'] = $lng['serversettings']['option_unavailable'];
+					$fielddata['note'] = lng('serversettings.option_unavailable');
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/UI/HTML.php b/lib/Froxlor/UI/HTML.php
index 6fece703..6c6ae243 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/UI/HTML.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/UI/HTML.php
@@ -186,15 +186,7 @@ class HTML
 	 */
 	public static function askYesNo(string $text, string $yesfile, array $params = [], string $replacer = '', array $back_link = [])
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
-		if (isset($lng['question'][$text])) {
-			$text = $lng['question'][$text];
-		}
-
-		$text = strtr($text, [
-			'%s' => htmlspecialchars($replacer)
-		]);
+		$text = lng('question.' . $text, [htmlspecialchars($replacer)]);
 
 		Panel\UI::view('form/yesnoquestion.html.twig', [
 			'action' => $yesfile,
@@ -207,18 +199,8 @@ class HTML
 
 	public static function askYesNoWithCheckbox(string $text, string $chk_text, string $yesfile, array $params = [], string $replacer = '', bool $show_checkbox = true)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
-		if (isset($lng['question'][$text])) {
-			$text = $lng['question'][$text];
-		}
-		$text = strtr($text, [
-			'%s' => htmlspecialchars($replacer)
-		]);
-
-		if (isset($lng['question'][$chk_text])) {
-			$chk_text = $lng['question'][$chk_text];
-		}
+		$text = lng('question.' . $text, [htmlspecialchars($replacer)]);
+		$chk_text = lng('question.' . $chk_text);
 
 		Panel\UI::view('form/yesnoquestion.html.twig', [
 			'action' => $yesfile,
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/UI/Response.php b/lib/Froxlor/UI/Response.php
index fa2d622d..8882eca8 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/UI/Response.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/UI/Response.php
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ class Response
 	 */
 	public static function standardError($errors = '', $replacer = '', $throw_exception = false)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
 		$_SESSION['requestData'] = $_POST;
 		$replacer = htmlentities($replacer);
 
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ class Response
 
 		$error = '';
 		foreach ($errors as $single_error) {
-			$single_error = lng('error.'.$single_error, [htmlentities($replacer)]);
+			$single_error = lng('error.' . $single_error, [htmlentities($replacer)]);
 			if (empty($error)) {
 				$error = $single_error;
 			} else {
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ class Response
 		UI::view('misc/alert.html.twig', [
 			'type' => 'danger',
 			'btntype' => 'light',
-			'heading' => $lng['error']['error'],
+			'heading' => lng('error.error'),
 			'alert_msg' => $error,
 			'redirect_link' => $link_ref
 		]);
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ class Response
 
 	public static function dynamicError($message)
 	{
-		global $lng;
 		$_SESSION['requestData'] = $_POST;
 		$link_ref = '';
 		if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) !== false) {
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@ class Response
 		UI::view('misc/alert.html.twig', [
 			'type' => 'danger',
 			'btntype' => 'light',
-			'heading' => $lng['error']['error'],
+			'heading' => lng('error.error'),
 			'alert_msg' => $message,
 			'redirect_link' => $link_ref
 		]);
@@ -170,9 +167,7 @@ class Response
 	 */
 	public static function standardSuccess($success_message = '', $replacer = '', $params = [], $throw_exception = false)
 	{
-		global $lng;
-
-		$success_message = lng('success.'.$success_message, [htmlentities($replacer)]);
+		$success_message = lng('success.' . $success_message, [htmlentities($replacer)]);
 
 		if ($throw_exception) {
 			throw new Exception(strip_tags($success_message), 200);
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ class Response
 		UI::view('misc/alert.html.twig', [
 			'type' => 'success',
 			'btntype' => 'light',
-			'heading' => $lng['success']['success'],
+			'heading' => lng('success.success'),
 			'alert_msg' => $success_message,
 			'redirect_link' => $redirect_url
 		]);
diff --git a/lib/init.php b/lib/init.php
index 7c12f2e5..cf78dd9d 100644
--- a/lib/init.php
+++ b/lib/init.php
@@ -247,12 +247,12 @@ if (AREA == 'admin' || AREA == 'customer') {
 		$navigation_data = [
 			'admin' => [
 				'server' => [
-					'label' => $lng['admin']['server'],
+					'label' => lng('admin.server'),
 					'required_resources' => 'change_serversettings',
 					'elements' => [
 						[
 							'url' => 'admin_updates.php?page=overview',
-							'label' => $lng['update']['update'],
+							'label' => lng('update.update'),
 							'required_resources' => 'change_serversettings'
 						]
 					]