diff --git a/app/common/components/ThemeToggle/index.tsx b/app/common/components/ThemeToggle/index.tsx
index 2548086..a70011c 100644
--- a/app/common/components/ThemeToggle/index.tsx
+++ b/app/common/components/ThemeToggle/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { translate, COMMON } from 'app/utils/localize';
+import i18n, { COMMON } from 'app/utils/localize';
 import { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import { getTheme } from 'app/utils/hooks/useTheme';
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ interface ToggleProps {
 const Toggle = ({ handleToggle }: ToggleProps): ReactElement => {
   return (
     <Button
-      aria-label={translate(COMMON.COMPONENTS.THEME_TOGGLE.ALT_LABEL)}
-      aria-details={translate(COMMON.COMPONENTS.THEME_TOGGLE.ALT_DETAILS)}
+      aria-label={i18n.t(COMMON.COMPONENTS.THEME_TOGGLE.ALT_LABEL)}
+      aria-details={i18n.t(COMMON.COMPONENTS.THEME_TOGGLE.ALT_DETAILS)}
       onClick={(): void => handleToggle()}
     >
       {
diff --git a/app/pages/Footer/index.tsx b/app/pages/Footer/index.tsx
index c9a9279..09e2600 100644
--- a/app/pages/Footer/index.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/Footer/index.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import i18n, { PAGES } from 'app/utils/localize';
 import { Foot } from './styles';
 
 const Footer = (): ReactElement => {
+  const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();
   return (
-    <Foot>{i18n.t(PAGES.FOOTER)}</Foot>
+    <Foot>{i18n.t(PAGES.FOOTER, { replace: { year: currentYear }})}</Foot>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/app/utils/localize/index.ts b/app/utils/localize/index.ts
index b5f966e..9a45ebb 100644
--- a/app/utils/localize/index.ts
+++ b/app/utils/localize/index.ts
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ void i18n
   .use(initReactI18next)
   .use(LanguageDetector)
   .init({
+    fallbackLng: ['en'],
     debug: false,
     detection: languageDetectorOptions,
     resources: {
       en: { translation: en },
-      es: { translation: es }
+      es: { translation: es },
     },
-    fallbackLng: ['en']
   });
 
 export * from './keys';
-export * from './tools';
 
 export default i18n;
diff --git a/app/utils/localize/tools.ts b/app/utils/localize/tools.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86baed4..0000000
--- a/app/utils/localize/tools.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import i18n from './index';
-
-export const translate = (key: string): string => {
-  // console.log(getLocale());
-  return i18n.t([key]);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/utils/localize/translations/english/pages.ts b/app/utils/localize/translations/english/pages.ts
index b40cbf6..85236a5 100644
--- a/app/utils/localize/translations/english/pages.ts
+++ b/app/utils/localize/translations/english/pages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { PAGES } from 'app/utils/localize/keys';
 
 export default {
-  [PAGES.FOOTER]: '© 2022 Liz MacLean',
+  [PAGES.FOOTER]: '© {{year}} Liz MacLean',
   [PAGES.HOME.NAV_LINK]: 'Home',
   [PAGES.HOME.TITLE]: 'Welcome!',
   [PAGES.HOME.SUBTITLE]: 'Check out this code formatting',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
   ),
   [PAGES.ABOUT.BLURB_P3]: (
     'If you\'re curious about the fluffy cat in the drawing on this page, his name is Poe! I adopted him '
-    + 'almost four years ago, and he\'s my favorite fluffy friend. His favorite things to do are nap, meow, '
+    + 'in 2018, and he\'s my favorite fluffy friend. His favorite things to do are nap, meow, '
     + 'snuggle, and play with homemade foil balls. He doesn\'t really understand what the internet is, '
     + 'but I think if he knew that\'s where all his treats came from, he\'d think it\'s as cool as I think it is.'
   )
diff --git a/app/utils/localize/translations/spanish/pages.ts b/app/utils/localize/translations/spanish/pages.ts
index 2949c2b..4e7c01f 100644
--- a/app/utils/localize/translations/spanish/pages.ts
+++ b/app/utils/localize/translations/spanish/pages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { PAGES } from 'app/utils/localize/keys';
 
 export default {
-  [PAGES.FOOTER]: '© 2022 Liz MacLean,',
+  [PAGES.FOOTER]: '© {{year}} Liz MacLean',
   [PAGES.HOME.NAV_LINK]: 'Inicio',
   [PAGES.HOME.TITLE]: '¡Bienvenido!',
   [PAGES.HOME.SUBTITLE]: 'Echa un vistazo a este formato de código',