diff --git a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
index c5e8abf3a..8b734f9c8 100644
--- a/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
+++ b/lib/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ module I18n
       key      = args.shift
       locale   = options[:locale] || config.locale
 
-
       @cache ||= LruRedux::ThreadSafeCache.new(LRU_CACHE_SIZE)
       k = "#{key}#{locale}#{config.backend.object_id}"
 
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ module I18n
         end
       end
 
-      by_site[locale]
+      by_site[locale].with_indifferent_access
     end
 
     def client_overrides_json(locale)
@@ -138,8 +137,7 @@ module I18n
       load_locale(locale) unless @loaded_locales.include?(locale)
 
       if @overrides_enabled
-        by_locale = overrides_by_locale(locale)
-        if by_locale
+        if by_locale = overrides_by_locale(locale)
           if options.present?
             options[:overrides] = by_locale
 
@@ -152,9 +150,9 @@ module I18n
               return result
             end
           end
-
         end
       end
+
       translate_no_override(key, options)
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/components/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator_spec.rb b/spec/components/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fef757ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/freedom_patches/translate_accelerator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe "translate accelerator" do
+
+  it "overrides for both string and symbol keys" do
+    key = "user.email.not_allowed"
+    text_overriden = "foobar"
+
+    expect(I18n.t(key)).to be_present
+
+    TranslationOverride.upsert!("en", key, text_overriden)
+
+    expect(I18n.t(key)).to eq(text_overriden)
+    expect(I18n.t(key.to_sym)).to eq(text_overriden)
+  end
+
+end