diff --git a/dist/manifold.bundle.d.ts b/dist/manifold.bundle.d.ts
index d6311ff..992a9dd 100644
--- a/dist/manifold.bundle.d.ts
+++ b/dist/manifold.bundle.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// manifesto.js v1.0.0 https://github.com/viewdir/manifesto
+// manifesto.js v2.0.0 https://github.com/viewdir/manifesto
 declare module exjs {
     var version: string;
 }
diff --git a/dist/manifold.bundle.js b/dist/manifold.bundle.js
index 5dbd0e4..0ac2748 100644
--- a/dist/manifold.bundle.js
+++ b/dist/manifold.bundle.js
@@ -2270,7 +2270,12 @@ var Manifesto;
         };
         MetadataItem.prototype.getValue = function () {
             if (this.value) {
-                return Manifesto.TranslationCollection.getValue(this.value, this.defaultLocale);
+                var locale = this.defaultLocale;
+                // if the label has a locale, prefer that to the default locale
+                if (this.label.length && this.label[0].locale) {
+                    locale = this.label[0].locale;
+                }
+                return Manifesto.TranslationCollection.getValue(this.value, locale);
             }
             return null;
         };
diff --git a/examples/js/manifold.bundle.js b/examples/js/manifold.bundle.js
index 5dbd0e4..0ac2748 100644
--- a/examples/js/manifold.bundle.js
+++ b/examples/js/manifold.bundle.js
@@ -2270,7 +2270,12 @@ var Manifesto;
         };
         MetadataItem.prototype.getValue = function () {
             if (this.value) {
-                return Manifesto.TranslationCollection.getValue(this.value, this.defaultLocale);
+                var locale = this.defaultLocale;
+                // if the label has a locale, prefer that to the default locale
+                if (this.label.length && this.label[0].locale) {
+                    locale = this.label[0].locale;
+                }
+                return Manifesto.TranslationCollection.getValue(this.value, locale);
             }
             return null;
         };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b02ea7..27cf347 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
     "gulp-typescript": "^2.13.4",
     "gulp-utils": "viewdir/gulp-utils",
-    "manifesto": "viewdir/manifesto#v2.0.0",
+    "manifesto": "viewdir/manifesto#labellocale",
     "merge2": "^1.0.2",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
     "require-dir": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/typings/manifesto.bundle.d.ts b/typings/manifesto.bundle.d.ts
index 215895f..cca6ed5 100644
--- a/typings/manifesto.bundle.d.ts
+++ b/typings/manifesto.bundle.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// manifesto.js v1.0.0 https://github.com/viewdir/manifesto
+// manifesto.js v2.0.0 https://github.com/viewdir/manifesto
 declare module exjs {
     var version: string;
 }