diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index ab24b77e..74e2f0d2 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ android {
         )
     }
 
-    namespace = project.property("APP_ID").toString()
+    // Source-package namespace stays decoupled from applicationId so a fork
+    // can ship under its own ID without breaking thousands of `R` imports.
+    namespace = "org.fossify.messages"
 
     lint {
         checkReleaseBuilds = false
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ detekt {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(libs.fossify.commons)
+    implementation(project(":translate"))
     implementation(libs.eventbus)
     implementation(libs.indicator.fast.scroll)
     implementation(libs.mmslib)