diff --git a/desktop/src/gui.rs b/desktop/src/gui.rs
index 09bf6e422..adcd39c28 100644
--- a/desktop/src/gui.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/gui.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ pub fn text_with_args<'a, T: AsRef<str>>(
         })
 }
 
+pub enum LocalizableText {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    NonLocalizedText(Cow<'static, str>),
+    LocalizedText(&'static str),
+}
+
+impl LocalizableText {
+    pub fn localize(&self, locale: &LanguageIdentifier) -> Cow<'_, str> {
+        match self {
+            LocalizableText::NonLocalizedText(Cow::Borrowed(text)) => Cow::Borrowed(text),
+            LocalizableText::NonLocalizedText(Cow::Owned(text)) => Cow::Borrowed(text),
+            LocalizableText::LocalizedText(id) => text(locale, id),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Size of the top menu bar in pixels.
 /// This is the offset at which the movie will be shown,
 /// and added to the window size if trying to match a movie.
diff --git a/desktop/src/gui/dialogs/open_dialog.rs b/desktop/src/gui/dialogs/open_dialog.rs
index d1b4fb21b..4d39836d5 100644
--- a/desktop/src/gui/dialogs/open_dialog.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/gui/dialogs/open_dialog.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::custom_event::RuffleEvent;
 use crate::gui::widgets::PathOrUrlField;
-use crate::gui::{text, FilePicker};
+use crate::gui::{text, FilePicker, LocalizableText};
 use crate::player::LaunchOptions;
 use egui::{
     emath, Align2, Button, Checkbox, ComboBox, Grid, Layout, Slider, TextEdit, Ui, Widget, Window,
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl OpenDialog {
                         }
                     }),
                 ),
-                Box::new(|locale| text(locale, "align-force")),
+                LocalizableText::LocalizedText("align-force"),
                 false,
             ),
         );
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ impl OpenDialog {
                     StageScaleMode::ExactFit => Some(text(locale, "scale-mode-exactfit-tooltip")),
                     StageScaleMode::NoBorder => Some(text(locale, "scale-mode-noborder-tooltip")),
                 })),
-                Box::new(|locale| text(locale, "scale-mode-force")),
+                LocalizableText::LocalizedText("scale-mode-force"),
                 false,
             )
-            .with_checkbox_tooltip(Box::new(|locale| text(locale, "scale-mode-force-tooltip"))),
+            .with_checkbox_tooltip(LocalizableText::LocalizedText("scale-mode-force-tooltip")),
         );
         let load_behavior = OptionalField::new(
             defaults.player.load_behavior,
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ impl<T: emath::Numeric> InnerField for NumberField<T> {
 
 type ValueToTextFn<T> = dyn Fn(T, &LanguageIdentifier) -> Cow<'static, str>;
 type ValueToOptTextFn<T> = dyn Fn(T, &LanguageIdentifier) -> Option<Cow<'static, str>>;
-type LabelFn = dyn Fn(&LanguageIdentifier) -> Cow<'static, str>;
 
 struct EnumDropdownField<T: Copy> {
     id: egui::Id,
@@ -827,13 +826,13 @@ impl InnerField for BooleanDropdownField {
 
 struct FieldWithCheckbox<T: InnerField> {
     field: T,
-    checkbox_label: Box<LabelFn>,
+    checkbox_label: LocalizableText,
     checkbox_default: bool,
-    tooltip_label: Option<Box<LabelFn>>,
+    tooltip_label: Option<LocalizableText>,
 }
 
 impl<T: InnerField> FieldWithCheckbox<T> {
-    pub fn new(field: T, checkbox_label: Box<LabelFn>, checkbox_default: bool) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(field: T, checkbox_label: LocalizableText, checkbox_default: bool) -> Self {
         Self {
             field,
             checkbox_label,
@@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ impl<T: InnerField> FieldWithCheckbox<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn with_checkbox_tooltip(mut self, tooltip_label: Box<LabelFn>) -> Self {
+    pub fn with_checkbox_tooltip(mut self, tooltip_label: LocalizableText) -> Self {
         self.tooltip_label = Some(tooltip_label);
         self
     }
@@ -858,9 +857,9 @@ impl<T: InnerField> InnerField for FieldWithCheckbox<T> {
 
     fn ui(&self, ui: &mut Ui, value: &mut Self::Value, error: bool, locale: &LanguageIdentifier) {
         self.field.ui(ui, &mut value.0, error, locale);
-        let response = ui.checkbox(&mut value.1, (self.checkbox_label)(locale));
+        let response = ui.checkbox(&mut value.1, self.checkbox_label.localize(locale));
         if let Some(ref tooltip_label) = self.tooltip_label {
-            response.on_hover_text_at_pointer(tooltip_label(locale));
+            response.on_hover_text_at_pointer(tooltip_label.localize(locale));
         }
     }