diff --git a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Phrasen.php b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Phrasen.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8d99f472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Phrasen.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+class Phrasen extends FHC_Controller
+{
+	
+	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Public methods
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $module
+	 */
+	public function loadModule($module)
+	{
+		$this->load->library('PhrasesLib', [$module], 'pj');
+		$this->outputJson([
+			'data' => json_decode($this->pj->getJSON()),
+			'meta' => [
+				'status' => FHCAPI_Controller::STATUS_SUCCESS
+			]
+		]);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/application/controllers/components/Phrasen.php b/application/controllers/components/Phrasen.php
index 87516ce00..abcb051e9 100644
--- a/application/controllers/components/Phrasen.php
+++ b/application/controllers/components/Phrasen.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 
 /**
- *
+ * TODO(chris): depricated
  */
 class Phrasen extends FHC_Controller
 {
diff --git a/public/js/plugin/Phrasen.js b/public/js/plugin/Phrasen.js
index 162dc2179..7dc9c71c7 100644
--- a/public/js/plugin/Phrasen.js
+++ b/public/js/plugin/Phrasen.js
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ const phrasen = {
 			return Promise.all(category.map(cat => this.loadCategory(cat)));
 		if (!loadingModules[category])
 			loadingModules[category] = axios
-				.get(FHC_JS_DATA_STORAGE_OBJECT.app_root + FHC_JS_DATA_STORAGE_OBJECT.ci_router + '/components/Phrasen/loadModule/' + category)
+				.get(FHC_JS_DATA_STORAGE_OBJECT.app_root + FHC_JS_DATA_STORAGE_OBJECT.ci_router + '/api/frontend/v1/phrasen/loadModule/' + category)
 				.then(res => {
-					if (res.data.retval)
-						categories[category] = extractCategory(res.data.retval, category);
+					if (res?.data?.data)
+						categories[category] = extractCategory(res.data.data, category);
 					else
 						categories[category] = {};
 				});