diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ef4cd84ca94b2e813c9aa6ebca4820b609d974d4..69d8fb7c753c5897af20d153dadf03b7acca9c1f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
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         "express-static-gzip": "^2.1.1",
         "flat": "^5.0.2",
+        "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
         "immutable": "^4.0.0-rc.12",
         "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
         "leaflet": "^1.7.1",
@@ -8169,6 +8170,19 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fs-extra": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-C5owb14u9eJwizKGdchcDUQeFtlSHHthBk8pbX9Vc1PFZrLombudjDnNns88aYslCyF6IY5SUw3Roz6xShcEIQ==",
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+        "jsonfile": "^6.0.1",
+        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/fs-monkey": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-monkey/-/fs-monkey-1.0.3.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-qkIilPUYcNhJpd33n0GBXTB1MMPp14TxEsEs0pTrsSVucApsYzW5V+Q8Qxhik6KU3evy+qkAAowTByymK0avdg=="
     },
     "node_modules/grid-index": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -9655,6 +9668,17 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsonfile": {
+      "version": "6.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5dgndWOriYSm5cnYaJNhalLNDKOqFwyDB/rr1E9ZsGciGvKPs8R2xYGCacuf3z6K1YKDz182fd+fY3cn3pMqXQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jss": {
       "version": "10.8.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jss/-/jss-10.8.2.tgz",
@@ -14385,6 +14409,14 @@
         "tiny-inflate": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/universalify": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hAZsKq7Yy11Zu1DE0OzWjw7nnLZmJZYTDZZyEFHZdUhV8FkH5MCfoU1XMaxXovpyW5nq5scPqq0ZDP9Zyl04oQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/unpipe": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -21817,6 +21849,16 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-PYyt2Q2XZWn6g1qx+OSyOhBWBac="
     },
+    "fs-extra": {
+      "version": "10.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-C5owb14u9eJwizKGdchcDUQeFtlSHHthBk8pbX9Vc1PFZrLombudjDnNns88aYslCyF6IY5SUw3Roz6xShcEIQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
+        "jsonfile": "^6.0.1",
+        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "fs-monkey": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-monkey/-/fs-monkey-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -22043,8 +22085,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": {
       "version": "4.2.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qkIilPUYcNhJpd33n0GBXTB1MMPp14TxEsEs0pTrsSVucApsYzW5V+Q8Qxhik6KU3evy+qkAAowTByymK0avdg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-qkIilPUYcNhJpd33n0GBXTB1MMPp14TxEsEs0pTrsSVucApsYzW5V+Q8Qxhik6KU3evy+qkAAowTByymK0avdg=="
     },
     "grid-index": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -22926,6 +22967,15 @@
         "minimist": "^1.2.5"
       }
     },
+    "jsonfile": {
+      "version": "6.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5dgndWOriYSm5cnYaJNhalLNDKOqFwyDB/rr1E9ZsGciGvKPs8R2xYGCacuf3z6K1YKDz182fd+fY3cn3pMqXQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6",
+        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "jss": {
       "version": "10.8.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jss/-/jss-10.8.2.tgz",
@@ -26654,6 +26704,11 @@
         "tiny-inflate": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "universalify": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hAZsKq7Yy11Zu1DE0OzWjw7nnLZmJZYTDZZyEFHZdUhV8FkH5MCfoU1XMaxXovpyW5nq5scPqq0ZDP9Zyl04oQ=="
+    },
     "unpipe": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/src/server/translations_generator/index.js b/src/server/translations_generator/index.js
index c8c0d4fd6598c64f3cf69f335cd388b7e9da6ad4..6d61bdd8cdff780a489d5625f6cd78ee48f0069e 100644
--- a/src/server/translations_generator/index.js
+++ b/src/server/translations_generator/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { google } from 'googleapis'
 import { /* flatten, */ unflatten } from 'flat'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import { portalConfig } from '../../../src/client/configs/PortalConfig.json'
 // import localeEN from '../../client/translations/sampo/localeEN'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'
-
 dotenv.config()
 
-const { readTranslationsFromGoogleSheets } = portalConfig
+if (!process.env.SHEETS_API_SHEET_ID) {
+  throw new Error('env variable SHEETS_API_SHEET_ID missing')
+}
+
+const portalConfig = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/configs/portalConfig.json'))
+
+const { readTranslationsFromGoogleSheets } = portalConfig.localeConfig
 
 // console.log(`spreadsheetId: ${process.env.SHEETS_API_SHEET_ID}`)
 // console.log(`credentials: ${process.env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}`)