diff --git a/src/client/includes/lookup.ts b/src/client/includes/lookup.ts
index 0860ac1..4ca2e0f 100644
--- a/src/client/includes/lookup.ts
+++ b/src/client/includes/lookup.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,24 @@ const addToCache = (path: string, locale: string, message: string) => {
   return message
 }
 
-export const lookupMessage = (path: string, locale: string): string => {
+const searchForMessage = (path: string, locale: string): string => {
   if (locale == null) return null
-  if (locale in lookupCache && path in lookupCache[locale]) {
-    return lookupCache[locale][path]
-  }
 
   const message = getMessageFromDictionary(locale, path)
   if (message) return message
 
-  return addToCache(path, locale, lookupMessage(path, getFallbackOf(locale)))
+  return searchForMessage(path, getFallbackOf(locale))
+}
+
+export const lookup = (path: string, locale: string) => {
+  if (locale in lookupCache && path in lookupCache[locale]) {
+    return lookupCache[locale][path]
+  }
+
+  const message = searchForMessage(path, locale)
+  if (message) {
+    return addToCache(path, locale, message)
+  }
+
+  return null
 }
diff --git a/src/client/stores/format.ts b/src/client/stores/format.ts
index 9628a1b..aa25e35 100644
--- a/src/client/stores/format.ts
+++ b/src/client/stores/format.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { derived } from 'svelte/store'
 
 import { Formatter, MessageObject } from '../types'
-import { lookupMessage } from '../includes/lookup'
+import { lookup } from '../includes/lookup'
 import { hasLocaleQueue } from '../includes/loaderQueue'
 import { capital, upper, lower, title } from '../includes/utils'
 import {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const formatMessage: Formatter = (id, options = {}) => {
     )
   }
 
-  const message = lookupMessage(id, locale)
+  const message = lookup(id, locale)
 
   if (!message) {
     if (getOptions().warnOnMissingMessages) {
diff --git a/src/client/stores/locale.ts b/src/client/stores/locale.ts
index a18b7f1..50cf267 100644
--- a/src/client/stores/locale.ts
+++ b/src/client/stores/locale.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function getFallbackOf(locale: string) {
   if (fallbackLocale && !isRelatedLocale(locale, fallbackLocale)) {
     return fallbackLocale
   }
+
   return null
 }
 
diff --git a/test/client/includes/lookup.test.ts b/test/client/includes/lookup.test.ts
index 273ee79..bb647fc 100644
--- a/test/client/includes/lookup.test.ts
+++ b/test/client/includes/lookup.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { lookupMessage, lookupCache } from '../../../src/client/includes/lookup'
+import { lookup, lookupCache } from '../../../src/client/includes/lookup'
 import { $dictionary, addMessages } from '../../../src/client/stores/dictionary'
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -6,43 +6,46 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 })
 
 test('returns null if no locale was passed', () => {
-  expect(lookupMessage('message.id', undefined)).toBe(null)
-  expect(lookupMessage('message.id', null)).toBe(null)
+  expect(lookup('message.id', undefined)).toBe(null)
+  expect(lookup('message.id', null)).toBe(null)
 })
 
 test('gets a shallow message of a locale dictionary', () => {
   addMessages('en', { field: 'name' })
-  expect(lookupMessage('field', 'en')).toBe('name')
+
+  expect(lookup('field', 'en')).toBe('name')
 })
 
 test('gets a deep message of a locale dictionary', () => {
   addMessages('en', { deep: { field: 'lastname' } })
-  expect(lookupMessage('deep.field', 'en')).toBe('lastname')
+  expect(lookup('deep.field', 'en')).toBe('lastname')
 })
 
 test('gets a message from the fallback dictionary', () => {
   addMessages('en', { field: 'name' })
-  expect(lookupMessage('field', 'en-US')).toBe('name')
+
+  expect(lookup('field', 'en-US')).toBe('name')
 })
 
 test('caches found messages by locale', () => {
   addMessages('en', { field: 'name' })
   addMessages('pt', { field: 'nome' })
-  lookupMessage('field', 'en-US')
-  lookupMessage('field', 'pt-BR')
+  lookup('field', 'en-US')
+  lookup('field', 'pt')
+
   expect(lookupCache).toMatchObject({
     'en-US': { field: 'name' },
-    'pt-BR': { field: 'nome' },
+    pt: { field: 'nome' },
   })
 })
 
 test("doesn't cache falsy messages", () => {
   addMessages('en', { field: 'name' })
   addMessages('pt', { field: 'nome' })
-  lookupMessage('field_2', 'en-US')
-  lookupMessage('field_2', 'pt-BR')
+  lookup('field_2', 'en-US')
+  lookup('field_2', 'pt')
   expect(lookupCache).not.toMatchObject({
     'en-US': { field_2: 'name' },
-    'pt-BR': { field_2: 'nome' },
+    pt: { field_2: 'nome' },
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/client/stores/locale.test.ts b/test/client/stores/locale.test.ts
index 1a44a20..bd0f923 100644
--- a/test/client/stores/locale.test.ts
+++ b/test/client/stores/locale.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { get } from 'svelte/store'
 
-import { lookupMessage } from '../../../src/client/includes/lookup'
+import { lookup } from '../../../src/client/includes/lookup'
 import {
   isFallbackLocaleOf,
   getFallbackOf,
@@ -132,5 +132,5 @@ test('should flush the queue of the locale when changing the store value', async
   await $locale.set('en')
 
   expect(hasLocaleQueue('en')).toBe(false)
-  expect(lookupMessage('foo', 'en')).toBe('Foo')
+  expect(lookup('foo', 'en')).toBe('Foo')
 })