diff --git a/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/Program.cs b/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/Program.cs
index f7f68021f..6feb9dc55 100644
--- a/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/Program.cs
+++ b/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/Program.cs
@@ -398,7 +398,10 @@ namespace LocalizationTool
 
                 foreach (XElement n in conf.Elements("assembly"))
                 {
-                    List<string> excludes = n.Elements("exclude").Select(c => c.Value).ToList();
+                    List<string> excludes = (from x in n.Elements("exclude")
+                                             let fullpath = System.IO.Path.Combine(System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, cultureReq), x.Value)
+                                             select fullpath).ToList();
+
                     string assemblyName = n.Attribute("name").Value;
                     string folder = n.Attribute("folder").Value;
                     string @namespace = n.Attribute("namespace") == null ? assemblyName : n.Attribute("namespace").Value;
@@ -409,7 +412,7 @@ namespace LocalizationTool
                         if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(outfolder))
                             System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(outfolder);
 
-                        ResXCompiler.CompileResxFiles(System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, culture), excludes, @namespace, System.IO.Path.Combine(outfolder, assemblyName + ".resources.dll"), System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(versionassembly), keyfile, culture, productname);
+                        ResXCompiler.CompileResxFiles(System.IO.Path.Combine(System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, culture), folder), excludes, @namespace, System.IO.Path.Combine(outfolder, assemblyName + ".resources.dll"), System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(versionassembly), keyfile, culture, productname);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/ResXCompiler.cs b/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/ResXCompiler.cs
index aa4ec4511..ce975b65b 100644
--- a/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/ResXCompiler.cs
+++ b/BuildTools/LocalizationTool/LocalizationTool/ResXCompiler.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace LocalizationTool
 {
@@ -71,9 +72,8 @@ namespace LocalizationTool
             {
                 if (s.ToLower().EndsWith("." + culture.ToLower() + ".resx"))
                 {
-                    foreach (string xf in excludeFolders)
-                        if (s.ToLower().StartsWith(Duplicati.Library.Core.Utility.AppendDirSeperator(xf).ToLower()))
-                            continue;
+                    if (excludeFolders.Any(xf => s.ToLower().StartsWith(Duplicati.Library.Core.Utility.AppendDirSeperator(xf).ToLower())))
+                        continue;
 
                     string resname = System.IO.Path.ChangeExtension(s, ".resources");