diff --git a/.syncignore b/.syncignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6119a0f90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.syncignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Frontend
+**/node_modules
+**/.next
+**/.eslintrc.json
+**/.jest.config.js
+**/jest.config.jest
+**/.prettierignore
+**/.prettierrc.json
+**/__tests__
+**/npm-debug.log
+**/*__mocks__
+
+# Ignore Python-Specific Files
+**/.mypy_cache/
+**/.nox/
+**/.pytest_cache/
+**/__pycache__/
+**/.coverage
+**/*.pyc
+**/*.pyo
+**/*.pyd
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da860c0a62..840530157c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/2.41.0...main)
 
+### Added
+- Add AWS Tags in the meta field for Fides system when using `fides generate` [#4998](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/4998)
+
 ### Changed
 - Moving Privacy Center endpoint logging behind debug flag [#5103](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/5103)
 
-## [2.41.0](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/2.40.0...2.41.0)
+### Developer Experience
+- Add `.syncignore` to reduce file sync size with new volumes [#5104](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/5104)
 
-- Add AWS Tags in the meta field for Fides system when using `fides generate` [#4998](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/4998).
+## [2.41.0](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/2.40.0...2.41.0)
 
 ### Added
 - Added erasure support for Alchemer integration [#4925](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/4925)
diff --git a/clients/fides-js/src/lib/initOverlay.ts b/clients/fides-js/src/lib/initOverlay.ts
index 4f1f9b479c..881f1ccf78 100644
--- a/clients/fides-js/src/lib/initOverlay.ts
+++ b/clients/fides-js/src/lib/initOverlay.ts
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ export const initOverlay = async ({
     ) {
       // if translations API fails or is empty, use the GVL object directly
       // as a fallback, since it already contains the english version of strings
-      gvlTranslations = { en: experience.gvl };
+      gvlTranslations = {};
+      gvlTranslations[DEFAULT_LOCALE] = experience.gvl;
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
-      experience.available_locales = ["en"];
+      experience.available_locales = [DEFAULT_LOCALE];
       i18n.setAvailableLanguages(
-        LOCALE_LANGUAGE_MAP.filter((lang) => lang.locale === "en")
+        LOCALE_LANGUAGE_MAP.filter((lang) => lang.locale === DEFAULT_LOCALE)
       );
+      i18n.activate(DEFAULT_LOCALE);
     }
     loadMessagesFromGVLTranslations(
       i18n,