diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 934cc6b6..7dea11ac 100755
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ int main ( int argc, char** argv )
     Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);
 
     // load translations
-    QTranslator myappTranslator;
-    QTranslator myqtTranslator;
+    QTranslator myappTranslator, myqtTranslator;
 
     if ( bUseGUI && bUseTranslation )
     {
@@ -565,8 +564,8 @@ int main ( int argc, char** argv )
             pApp->installTranslator ( &myappTranslator );
         }
 
-        QString myqtLocation = QLibraryInfo::location( QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath );
-        if ( myqtTranslator.load ( QLocale(), "qt", "_", myqtLocation ) )
+        // allows the Qt messages to be translated in the application
+        if ( myqtTranslator.load ( QLocale(), "qt", "_", QLibraryInfo::location ( QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath ) ) )
         {
             pApp->installTranslator ( &myqtTranslator );
         }
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 9d500c18..77a3cbf8 100755
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg ( QWidget* parent ) : QDialog ( parent )
         "<p>Jos van den Oever (<a href=""https://github.com/vandenoever"">vandenoever</a>)</p>"
         "<p>Tormod Volden (<a href=""https://github.com/tormodvolden"">tormodvolden</a>)</p>"
         "<p>Stanislas Michalak (<a href=""https://github.com/stanislas-m"">stanislas-m</a>)</p>"
+        "<p>JP Cimalando (<a href=""https://github.com/jpcima"">jpcima</a>)</p>"
         "<br>" + tr ( "For details on the contributions check out the " ) +
         "<a href=""https://github.com/corrados/jamulus/graphs/contributors"">" + tr ( "Github Contributors list" ) + "</a>." );