diff --git a/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_jsons_to_xcstrings.py b/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_jsons_to_xcstrings.py
index 3dc160f..cd736b4 100644
--- a/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_jsons_to_xcstrings.py
+++ b/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_jsons_to_xcstrings.py
@@ -10,35 +10,55 @@
 import os
 
 directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-json_dir_list = os.listdir(os.path.join(directory, "jsons"))
+
+# Define the path to the "jsons" folder.
+jsons_folder = os.path.join(directory, "jsons")
+
+if not os.path.exists(jsons_folder):
+    print(f"Error: The folder '{jsons_folder}' does not exist. Please ensure the path is correct.")
+    exit(1)
+
+
+json_dir_list = os.listdir(jsons_folder)
 languages = sorted(
     [file.replace(".json", "") for file in json_dir_list if file.endswith(".json")]
 )
-path = os.path.join(os.path.join(directory, "jsons"), "en-US.json")
-file = open(path, "r").read()
-file = json.loads(file)
+
+# Load the base language file safely.
+try:
+    with open(os.path.join(jsons_folder, "en-US.json"), "r") as json_file:
+        base_language_data = json.load(json_file)
+
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    print("Error: The base language file 'en-US.json' does not exist.")
+    exit(1)
+
 
 data = {"sourceLanguage": "en"}
 strings = {}
-for key in file:
-    language = {}
 
-    for lang in languages:
-        lang_json = json.loads(
-            open(os.path.join(os.path.join(directory, "jsons"), f"{lang}.json"), "r").read()
-        )
+# Pre-load all JSON files into a dictionary.
+lang_data = {}
+for lang in languages:
+    with open(os.path.join(jsons_folder, f"{lang}.json"), "r") as lang_file:
+        lang_data[lang] = json.load(lang_file)
 
-        translation = lang_json[key] if key in lang_json else ""
+for key in base_language_data:
+    language = {}
+    for lang, lang_json in lang_data.items():  # use already loaded language data
+        translation = lang_json.get(key, "")
         if lang == "en-US":
             lang = "en"
-        if translation != "":
+
+        if translation:
             language[lang] = {"stringUnit": {"state": "", "value": translation}}
 
     strings[key] = {"comment": "", "localizations": language}
 
 data |= {"strings": strings, "version": "1.0"}
-file = open(os.path.join(directory, "Localizable.xcstrings"), "w")
-json.dump(data, file, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", " : "))
+
+with open(os.path.join(directory, "Localizable.xcstrings"), "w") as outfile:
+    json.dump(data, outfile, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(",", " : "))
 
 print(
     "Scribe-i18n localization JSON files successfully converted to the Localizable.xcstrings file."
diff --git a/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_xcstrings_to_jsons.py b/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_xcstrings_to_jsons.py
index 83f8863..74c9656 100644
--- a/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_xcstrings_to_jsons.py
+++ b/Scribe-i18n/scripts/iOS/convert_xcstrings_to_jsons.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         data[key] = translation
 
     lang = "en-US" if lang == "en" else lang
-    # Write to the destination JSON file using a context manager.
+
     with open(f"{jsons_folder}/{lang}.json", "w") as dest:
         json.dump(data, dest, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
         dest.write("\n")