diff --git a/src/libsnore/snore.cpp b/src/libsnore/snore.cpp
index e0625c9..7bb3e38 100644
--- a/src/libsnore/snore.cpp
+++ b/src/libsnore/snore.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Notification SnoreCore::getActiveNotificationByID(uint id) const
 void SnoreCore::displayExapleNotification()
 {
     Application app = SnoreCorePrivate::instance()->defaultApplication();
-    QString text = QLatin1String("<i>") + tr("This is ") + app.name() + QLatin1String("</i><br>"
+    QString text = QLatin1String("<i>") + tr("This is %1").arg(app.name()) + QLatin1String("</i><br>"
                    "<b>") + tr("Everything is awesome!") + QLatin1String("</b><br>");
     if (!app.constHints().value("use-markup").toBool()) {
         text = Utils::normalizeMarkup(text, Utils::NO_MARKUP);
diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/growl/growlbackend.cpp b/src/plugins/backends/growl/growlbackend.cpp
index 68e64e1..dfc507f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/growl/growlbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/growl/growlbackend.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool GrowlBackend::isReady()
 {
     bool running = Growl::isRunning(GROWL_TCP, settingsValue(QLatin1String("Host")).toString().toUtf8().constData());
     if (!running) {
-        setErrorString(name() + tr(" is not running."));
+        setErrorString(tr("%1 is not running.").arg(name()));
     }
     return running;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp b/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
index 54dbc4a..91578dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/snarl/snarl.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ bool SnarlBackend::isReady()
 {
     bool running = SnarlInterface::IsSnarlRunning();
     if (!running) {
-        setErrorString(name() + tr(" is not running."));
+        setErrorString(tr("%1 is not running.").arg(name()));
     }
     return running;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/backends/snoretoast/snoretoast.cpp b/src/plugins/backends/snoretoast/snoretoast.cpp
index 834c125..885c1b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/backends/snoretoast/snoretoast.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/backends/snoretoast/snoretoast.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ using namespace Snore;
 bool SnoreToast::isReady()
 {
     if (errorString().isEmpty() && QSysInfo::windowsVersion() < QSysInfo::WV_WINDOWS8) {
-        setErrorString(name() + tr(" needs at least Windows 8 to run."));
+        setErrorString(tr("%1 needs at least Windows 8 to run.").arg(name()));
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/src/settings/settingswindow.cpp b/src/settings/settingswindow.cpp
index 74c2c93..d4786a3 100644
--- a/src/settings/settingswindow.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/settingswindow.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SettingsWindow::SettingsWindow(const QString &appName, QWidget *parent) :
         ui->comboBox->deleteLater();
         ui->label->deleteLater();
         SnoreCorePrivate::instance()->setLocalSttingsPrefix(appName);
-        setWindowTitle(appName + tr(" Settings"));
+        setWindowTitle(tr("%1 Settings").arg(appName));
         ui->widget->initTabs();
         ui->widget->setVisible(true);
     }