diff --git a/src/frontend/.linguirc b/src/frontend/.linguirc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3115f0d9bb..0000000000
--- a/src/frontend/.linguirc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "locales": [
-        "ar",
-        "bg",
-        "cs",
-        "da",
-        "de",
-        "el",
-        "en",
-        "es",
-        "es_MX",
-        "et",
-        "fa",
-        "fi",
-        "fr",
-        "he",
-        "hi",
-        "hu",
-        "it",
-        "ja",
-        "ko",
-        "lt",
-        "lv",
-        "nl",
-        "no",
-        "pl",
-        "pt",
-        "pt_BR",
-        "ro",
-        "ru",
-        "sk",
-        "sl",
-        "sr",
-        "sv",
-        "th",
-        "tr",
-        "uk",
-        "vi",
-        "zh_Hans",
-        "zh_Hant",
-        "pseudo-LOCALE"],
-    "catalogs": [{
-        "path": "src/locales/{locale}/messages",
-        "include": ["src", "lib"],
-        "exclude": ["**/node_modules/**", "./dist/**"]
-    }],
-    "format": "po",
-    "orderBy": "origin",
-    "sourceLocale": "en",
-    "pseudoLocale": "pseudo-LOCALE",
-    "fallbackLocales": {
-        "default": "en",
-        "pseudo-LOCALE": "en"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/frontend/lingui.config.ts b/src/frontend/lingui.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccaee61360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/lingui.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { defineConfig } from '@lingui/cli';
+import { formatter } from '@lingui/format-po';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  locales: [
+    'ar',
+    'bg',
+    'cs',
+    'da',
+    'de',
+    'el',
+    'en',
+    'es',
+    'es_MX',
+    'et',
+    'fa',
+    'fi',
+    'fr',
+    'he',
+    'hi',
+    'hu',
+    'it',
+    'ja',
+    'ko',
+    'lt',
+    'lv',
+    'nl',
+    'no',
+    'pl',
+    'pt',
+    'pt_BR',
+    'ro',
+    'ru',
+    'sk',
+    'sl',
+    'sr',
+    'sv',
+    'th',
+    'tr',
+    'uk',
+    'vi',
+    'zh_Hans',
+    'zh_Hant',
+    'pseudo-LOCALE'
+  ],
+  format: formatter({ lineNumbers: true }),
+  sourceLocale: 'en',
+  pseudoLocale: 'pseudo-LOCALE',
+  orderBy: 'origin',
+  fallbackLocales: {
+    default: 'en',
+    'pseudo-LOCALE': 'en'
+  },
+  catalogs: [
+    {
+      path: 'src/locales/{locale}/messages',
+      include: ['src', 'lib'],
+      exclude: ['**/node_modules/**', './dist/**']
+    }
+  ]
+});