diff --git a/format/desktop_entry/parse.ha b/format/desktop_entry/parse.ha
index d734bc0..2c11852 100644
--- a/format/desktop_entry/parse.ha
+++ b/format/desktop_entry/parse.ha
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use bufio;
 use encoding::utf8;
+use errors;
 use io;
 use locale;
 use memio;
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ export fn file_parse(in: io::stream) !(file | error | io::error | utf8::invalid)
 	return fil;
 };
 
+fn file_append_group(fil: *file, name: str) void = {
+	append(fil.groups, group {
+		name = name,
+		...
+	});
+};
+
 fn file_append_line(fil: *file, lin: line) void = {
 	if (len(fil.groups) > 0) {
 		append(fil.groups[len(fil.groups) - 1].lines, lin);
@@ -96,10 +104,10 @@ fn parse_entry(line: str) ((str, str, (locale::locale | void)) | error) = {
 	let local: (locale::locale | void) = void;
 	let (key, local_string) = strings::cut(key, "[");
 	if (local_string != "") {
-		local_string = locale(strings::rtrim(local, "]"));
+		local_string = strings::rtrim(local_string, ']');
 		if (!validate_entry_locale(local_string)) return invalid_entry;
 		
-		local = match(local_string) {
+		local = match(locale::parse(local_string)) {
 		case let local: locale::locale => yield local;
 		case errors::invalid           => return invalid_entry;
 		};