diff --git a/Core/tde-i18n/README b/Core/tde-i18n/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5895888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/tde-i18n/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+There is an option in tde-i18n.SlackBuild to include a language specific patch file in the build.
+
+It needs to be named tde-i18n-{lang}-patch and will then automatically be included for the build for that language. 
+
+Because of its position in the Slackbuild and the patch -p0 option, the path to the patch file must start with 'tde-i18n-{lang}' - see tde-i18n-en_GB-patch for an example.
+ 
diff --git a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a8b3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--- tde-i18n-en_GB/messages/tdebase/libkickermenu_prefmenu.po
++++ tde-i18n-en_GB/messages/tdebase/libkickermenu_prefmenu.po
+@@ -23 +22,0 @@
+-#, fuzzy
diff --git a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
index 8b3b0ce..8ec87b6 100755
--- a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ cd $PRGNAM
 mkdir -p $PRGNAM # need -p for git builds if more than one lang
 cd $PRGNAM
 echo -e " copying $PRGNAM-$lang source files to build area ... \n"
-cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/tdei18n/cgit/tde-i18n/plain/tde-i18n-$lang .
-cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/{admin,cmake} tde-i18n-$lang/
+(cd $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit
+cp -a tdei18n/cgit/tde-i18n/plain/tde-i18n-$lang $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM/
+cp -a --parents {admin,cmake}/* $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM/tde-i18n-$lang/)
 }
 
+## language specific patches
+patch -p0 < $SRCDIR/tde-i18n-$lang-patch || true # continue if patch file doesn't exist
 
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@@ -117,16 +120,10 @@ $PRGNAM-$lang:
 
 cat <<EOINS >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 # Update the desktop database:
-if [ -x usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
-  chroot . /usr/bin/update-desktop-database usr/share/applications > /dev/null 2>&1
-fi
+\$(which update-desktop-database) $INSTALL_TDE/share/applications
 
 # Update hicolor theme cache:
-if [ -d usr/share/icons/hicolor ]; then
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
-    chroot . /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t usr/share/icons/hicolor 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-  fi
-fi
+\$(which gtk-update-icon-cache) -f -t $INSTALL_TDE/share/icons/hicolor
 
 EOINS
 
diff --git a/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild b/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
index 0680658..146af7d 100755
--- a/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
@@ -43,6 +43,40 @@ sed -i 's|data != None|data != 0|' twin/client.cpp
 sed -i "s|konq_iconview|$VIEWMODE|" konqueror/profile_filemanagement.desktop
 ## allow for configuration files directory != /etc/trinity
 sed -i "s|/etc/trinity/|$SYS_CNF_DIR/|" tdm/kfrontend/gentdmconf.c || true
+## make default tdm screen text clearer against dark background and align login button with clickable area
+## edit color="#ffff74" and/or color="#ff0000" for your own choice
+echo $'
+--- tdm/kfrontend/themes/o2_enterprise/enterprise.xml
++++ tdm/kfrontend/themes/o2_enterprise/enterprise.xml
+@@ -12 +12 @@
+-			<normal color="#000000" font="Sans 10" />
++			<normal color="#ffff74" font="Sans 10" />
+@@ -39 +39 @@
+-			<pos width="box" x="540" y="188" anchor="c" height="box" />
++			<pos width="38" x="540" y="188" anchor="c" height="box" />
+@@ -42 +42 @@
+-					<pos x="90%" y="50%" anchor="c" />
++					<pos x="40%" y="50%" anchor="c" />
+@@ -59 +59 @@
+-								<normal color="#000000" font="Sans Condensed 10" />
++								<normal color="#ffff74" font="Sans Condensed 10" />
+@@ -64 +64 @@
+-								<normal color="#000000" font="Sans Condensed 10" />
++								<normal color="#ffff74" font="Sans Condensed 10" />
+@@ -86,2 +86,2 @@
+-				<pos x="435" y="293" anchor="s" />
+-				<normal color="#CD0000" font="Sans 10" />
++				<pos x="435" y="240" anchor="s" />
++				<normal color="#ff0000" font="Sans 11" />
+@@ -93,2 +93,2 @@
+-				<normal color="#CD0000" font="Sans 10" />
+-				<pos x="435" y="323" anchor="s" />
++				<normal color="#ff0000" font="Sans 11" />
++				<pos x="435" y="260" anchor="s" />
+' | while read line
+do
+patch -p0
+done
 
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