diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/dynamic_languages/ClientLanguageMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/dynamic_languages/ClientLanguageMixin.java
index 01595bdc..0d62a734 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/dynamic_languages/ClientLanguageMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/dynamic_languages/ClientLanguageMixin.java
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package org.embeddedt.modernfix.common.mixin.perf.dynamic_languages;
 
 import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.Operation;
 import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.WrapOperation;
-import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.sugar.Local;
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.sugar.Share;
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.sugar.ref.LocalRef;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.language.ClientLanguage;
 import net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.Resource;
 import org.embeddedt.modernfix.annotation.ClientOnlyMixin;
@@ -11,39 +12,33 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.ModifyArg;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Modifies the language system to load/unload the contents of language entries based on GC pressure.
  */
-@Mixin(ClientLanguage.class)
+@Mixin(value = ClientLanguage.class, priority = 2000)
 @ClientOnlyMixin
 public class ClientLanguageMixin {
-    private static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> MFIX_MODIFY_APPEND_SEMANTICS = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> Boolean.FALSE);
-
     /**
      * @author embeddedt
-     * @reason modify the semantics of appendFrom so that it's used to do a prepass
+     * @reason collect the list of all known language resources
      */
-    @ModifyArg(method = "appendFrom", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/locale/Language;loadFromJson(Ljava/io/InputStream;Ljava/util/function/BiConsumer;)V"), index = 1)
-    private static BiConsumer<String, ?> changeSemanticsOfConsumer(BiConsumer<String, ?> consumer, @Local(ordinal = 0, argsOnly = true) Map<String, Object> destinationMap, @Local(ordinal = 0) Resource resource) {
-        return MFIX_MODIFY_APPEND_SEMANTICS.get() ? ((k, v) -> destinationMap.put(k, resource)) : consumer;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @author embeddedt
-     * @reason collect resources that own keys with a prepass
-     */
-    @WrapOperation(method = "loadFrom", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/resources/language/ClientLanguage;appendFrom(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;)V"))
-    private static void trackEntrySource(String languageName, List<Resource> resources, Map<String, String> destinationMap, Operation<Void> original) {
-        MFIX_MODIFY_APPEND_SEMANTICS.set(true);
-        try {
-            original.call(languageName, resources, destinationMap);
-        } finally {
-            MFIX_MODIFY_APPEND_SEMANTICS.remove();
+    @WrapOperation(method = "loadFrom", at = @At(value = "INVOKE",
+            target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/resources/language/ClientLanguage;appendFrom(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;)V"))
+    private static void collectResources(String languageName, List<Resource> resources,
+                                              Map<String, String> destinationMap, Operation<Void> original,
+                                              @Share("usedResources") LocalRef<List<Resource>> usedResources) {
+        List<Resource> collected = usedResources.get();
+        if (collected == null) {
+            collected = new ArrayList<>();
+            usedResources.set(collected);
         }
+        collected.addAll(resources);
+        original.call(languageName, resources, destinationMap);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -51,7 +46,8 @@ public class ClientLanguageMixin {
      * @reason figure out which keys are dynamically loaded and which are injected by mixins
      */
     @ModifyArg(method = "loadFrom", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/resources/language/ClientLanguage;<init>(Ljava/util/Map;Z)V"), index = 0)
-    private static Map<String, String> modifyLanguageMap(Map<String, ?> storage) {
-        return DynamicLanguageMap.forStorage(Map.copyOf(storage));
+    private static Map<String, String> modifyLanguageMap(Map<String, String> storage, @Share("usedResources") LocalRef<List<Resource>> usedResources) {
+        List<Resource> collected = Objects.requireNonNullElse(usedResources.get(), List.of());
+        return DynamicLanguageMap.forVanillaData(storage, collected);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamiclanguages/DynamicLanguageMap.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamiclanguages/DynamicLanguageMap.java
index a3471627..9e6110dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamiclanguages/DynamicLanguageMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamiclanguages/DynamicLanguageMap.java
@@ -10,10 +10,28 @@ import net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.Resource;
 import org.embeddedt.modernfix.ModernFix;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class DynamicLanguageMap {
-    public static Map<String, String> forStorage(Map<String, ?> storage) {
+    private static Map<String, Object> createStorage(Map<String, String> rawLanguageContents, List<Resource> languageResources) {
+        Map<String, Object> storage = new HashMap<>(rawLanguageContents);
+        for (var resource : languageResources) {
+            try (var stream = resource.open()) {
+                Language.loadFromJson(stream, (key, value) -> {
+                    if (value != null && value.equals(storage.get(key))) {
+                        storage.put(key, resource);
+                    }
+                });
+            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            }
+        }
+        return Map.copyOf(storage);
+    }
+
+    public static Map<String, String> forVanillaData(Map<String, String> rawLanguageContents, List<Resource> languageResources) {
+        Map<String, Object> storage = createStorage(rawLanguageContents, languageResources);
         LoadingCache<Resource, Map<String, String>> languageFileContents = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
                 .softValues()
                 .build(new CacheLoader<>() {