diff --git a/YACReader/YACReader.pro b/YACReader/YACReader.pro
index 9ad4f96a..d0888886 100644
--- a/YACReader/YACReader.pro
+++ b/YACReader/YACReader.pro
@@ -202,6 +202,23 @@ TRANSLATIONS =    yacreader_es.ts \
 LRELEASE_DIR = ../release/languages/
 CONFIG += lrelease
 
+win32 {
+    CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
+        SOURCE_QM_DIR = $$OUT_PWD/release/*.qm
+    }
+    CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+        SOURCE_QM_DIR = $$OUT_PWD/debug/*.qm
+    }
+
+    DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR = ../release/languages/
+    OUT_QM_DIR = $${DESTDIR}/languages/
+
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $(MKDIR) $$shell_path($${OUT_QM_DIR}) 2> NULL & \
+                       $(COPY) $$shell_path($${SOURCE_QM_DIR}) $$shell_path($${OUT_QM_DIR}) & \
+                       $(MKDIR) $$shell_path($${DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR}) 2> NULL & \
+                       $(COPY) $$shell_path($${SOURCE_QM_DIR}) $$shell_path($${DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR})
+}
+
 unix:!macx {
 # set install prefix if it's empty
 isEmpty(PREFIX) {
diff --git a/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro b/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
index b8b9fb04..604f845d 100644
--- a/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
+++ b/YACReaderLibrary/YACReaderLibrary.pro
@@ -291,6 +291,23 @@ TRANSLATIONS =   yacreaderlibrary_es.ts \
 LRELEASE_DIR = ../release/languages/
 CONFIG += lrelease
 
+win32 {
+    CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
+        SOURCE_QM_DIR = $$OUT_PWD/release/*.qm
+    }
+    CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+        SOURCE_QM_DIR = $$OUT_PWD/debug/*.qm
+    }
+
+    DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR = ../release/languages/
+    OUT_QM_DIR = $${DESTDIR}/languages/
+
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $(MKDIR) $$shell_path($${OUT_QM_DIR}) 2> NULL & \
+                       $(COPY) $$shell_path($${SOURCE_QM_DIR}) $$shell_path($${OUT_QM_DIR}) & \
+                       $(MKDIR) $$shell_path($${DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR}) 2> NULL & \
+                       $(COPY) $$shell_path($${SOURCE_QM_DIR}) $$shell_path($${DEPLOYMENT_OUT_QM_DIR})
+}
+
 #QML/GridView
 QT += quick qml quickwidgets
 
diff --git a/config.pri b/config.pri
index 1a9e410c..033c486d 100644
--- a/config.pri
+++ b/config.pri
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ CONFIG += c++17
 win32 {
     #enable c++17 explicitly in msvc
     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += /std:c++17 /Zc:__cplusplus /permissive-
-    CONFIG -= debug_and_release
-    !CONFIG(Release):!CONFIG(Debug):CONFIG += Release
 }
 
 DEFINES += NOMINMAX