diff --git a/src/main/resources/generator/client/react/i18n/src/main/webapp/app/i18n.ts b/src/main/resources/generator/client/react/i18n/src/main/webapp/app/i18n.ts
index 7c8b4967634..34d2c39109c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/generator/client/react/i18n/src/main/webapp/app/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/main/resources/generator/client/react/i18n/src/main/webapp/app/i18n.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
 import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
 import Backend from 'i18next-http-backend';
 
-void i18n
+i18n
   .use(Backend)
   .use(LanguageDetector)
   .use(initReactI18next)
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ void i18n
     backend: {
       loadPath: '../assets/locales/{{ lng }}/{{ ns }}.json',
     },
+  })
+  .catch(error => {
+    console.error('i18n initialization failed', error);
   });
 
 export default i18n;