diff --git a/src/becca/becca_loader.ts b/src/becca/becca_loader.ts
index 9df2362ed..8bdfd475e 100644
--- a/src/becca/becca_loader.ts
+++ b/src/becca/becca_loader.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import cls from "../services/cls.js";
 import entityConstructor from "../becca/entity_constructor.js";
 import { AttributeRow, BranchRow, EtapiTokenRow, NoteRow, OptionRow } from './entities/rows.js';
 import AbstractBeccaEntity from "./entities/abstract_becca_entity.js";
-import options_init from "../services/options_init.js";
 import ws from "../services/ws.js";
 
 const beccaLoaded = new Promise<void>(async (res, rej) => {
     const sqlInit = (await import("../services/sql_init.js")).default;
+    // We have to import async since options init requires keyboard actions which require translations.
+    const options_init = (await import("../services/options_init.js")).default;
+
     sqlInit.dbReady.then(() => {
         cls.init(() => {
             load();
diff --git a/src/services/keyboard_actions.ts b/src/services/keyboard_actions.ts
index c00186ef6..e039d52ba 100644
--- a/src/services/keyboard_actions.ts
+++ b/src/services/keyboard_actions.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ const isElectron = utils.isElectron();
  * e.g. CTRL-C in note tree does something a bit different from CTRL-C in the text editor.
  */
 
+if (!t("keyboard_actions.note-navigation")) {
+    throw new Error("Keyboard actions loaded before translations.");
+}
+
 const DEFAULT_KEYBOARD_ACTIONS: KeyboardShortcut[] = [
     {
         separator: t("keyboard_actions.note-navigation")
diff --git a/src/services/sql_init.ts b/src/services/sql_init.ts
index 715514746..256971423 100644
--- a/src/services/sql_init.ts
+++ b/src/services/sql_init.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import migrationService from "./migration.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
 import config from "./config.js";
 import { OptionRow } from '../becca/entities/rows.js';
-import optionsInitService from "./options_init.js";
 import BNote from "../becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import BBranch from "../becca/entities/bbranch.js";
 import zipImportService from "./import/zip.js";
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ async function createInitialDatabase() {
 
     let rootNote!: BNote;
 
+    // We have to import async since options init requires keyboard actions which require translations.
+    const optionsInitService = (await import("./options_init.js")).default;
+
     sql.transactional(() => {
         log.info("Creating database schema ...");
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ async function createInitialDatabase() {
             isExpanded: true,
             notePosition: 10
         }).save();
-
+        
         optionsInitService.initDocumentOptions();
         optionsInitService.initNotSyncedOptions(true, defaultTheme, {});
         optionsInitService.initStartupOptions();
@@ -129,6 +131,9 @@ async function createDatabaseForSync(options: OptionRow[], syncServerHost = '',
     const defaultTheme = await getDefaultTheme();
     const schema = fs.readFileSync(`${resourceDir.DB_INIT_DIR}/schema.sql`, "utf8");
 
+    // We have to import async since options init requires keyboard actions which require translations.
+    const optionsInitService = (await import("./options_init.js")).default;
+    
     sql.transactional(() => {
         sql.executeScript(schema);