diff --git a/functions/i18n.php b/functions/i18n.php
index f93fbbb..9a25055 100644
--- a/functions/i18n.php
+++ b/functions/i18n.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 function loadLocale($lang = 'en-us') {
     $file = __DIR__ . '/../locale/' . $lang . '/messages.php';
     if (file_exists($file)) {
-        return require $file;
+        return require_once $file;
     } else {
         // Fallback to English if the specified language file does not exist
-        return  require __DIR__ . '/../locale/en-us/messages.php';
+        return  require_once __DIR__ . '/../locale/en-us/messages.php';
     }
 
 
diff --git a/includes/header.php b/includes/header.php
index 608921c..3b8613a 100644
--- a/includes/header.php
+++ b/includes/header.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <link href="data:image/x-icon;base64,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"
           rel="icon" type="image/x-icon">
 
-    <?php include 'includes/hreflang.php'; ?>
+    <?php require_once 'includes/hreflang.php'; ?>
 
     <?php if (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) == 'genres.php' || basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) == 'djs.php') { ?>
         <style>