diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba23f70ef..17eca26d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,4 +35,10 @@ tools
 *.wixpdb
 *.wixobj
 bracketsharvestmanager.wxs
-fr-fr.mst
\ No newline at end of file
+fr-fr.mst
+
+appshell_extensions_js.o
+Makefile
+appshell.Makefile
+Brackets.target.mk
+libcef_dll_wrapper.target.mk
diff --git a/appshell/cefclient_gtk.cpp b/appshell/cefclient_gtk.cpp
index 206cdfcdc..08d790370 100644
--- a/appshell/cefclient_gtk.cpp
+++ b/appshell/cefclient_gtk.cpp
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ std::string AppGetRunningDirectory() {
 }
 
 CefString AppGetCachePath() {
-  std::string cachePath = "file://"; //To avoid Unix paths being interpreted as http:// URLs
-  cachePath.append(ClientApp::AppGetSupportDirectory());
-  cachePath.append("/cef_data");
+  std::string cachePath = std::string(ClientApp::AppGetSupportDirectory()) + "/cef_data";
 
   return CefString(cachePath);
 }
@@ -202,4 +200,4 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   CefShutdown();
 
   return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/appshell/client_app_gtk.cpp b/appshell/client_app_gtk.cpp
index 051c2e57a..d63621ed5 100644
--- a/appshell/client_app_gtk.cpp
+++ b/appshell/client_app_gtk.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,15 @@ extern char _binary_appshell_appshell_extensions_js_start;
 CefString ClientApp::GetCurrentLanguage()
 {
     //TODO proper locale in GTK
-    printf("in GetCurrentLanguage\n");
-	return CefString("en");
+    printf("in GetCurrentLanguage: ");
+    const char* locconst =  pango_language_to_string( gtk_get_default_language() );
+    //printf( "%s\n",  locconst ); // for me it prints "en-us", so I have to strip everything after the "-"
+    char loc[10] = {0};
+	strncpy(loc, locconst, 9);
+    for(int i=0; i<8; i++)
+        if ( (loc[i] == '-') || (loc[i] == '_') ) { loc[i] = 0; break; }
+    printf( "%s\n",  loc ); // here it prints just "en"
+	return CefString(loc);
 }
 
 std::string ClientApp::GetExtensionJSSource()
diff --git a/appshell_paths.gypi b/appshell_paths.gypi
index 86b921909..ce265d1db 100755
--- a/appshell_paths.gypi
+++ b/appshell_paths.gypi
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@
     'appshell_bundle_resources_linux': [
       '$(BUILDTYPE)/locales',
       'appshell/res/brackets.ico',
+      '$(BUILDTYPE)/cef.pak',
+      '$(BUILDTYPE)/cef_resources.pak',
+      '$(BUILDTYPE)/devtools_resources.pak',
     ],
     'appshell_bundle_libraries_linux': [
       '$(BUILDTYPE)/lib.target/libcef.so',