diff --git a/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9734dad89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vector-app/src/debug/res/xml/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name">Element dbg</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/vector-app/src/release/res/values/strings.xml b/vector-app/src/release/res/xml/strings.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from vector-app/src/release/res/values/strings.xml
rename to vector-app/src/release/res/xml/strings.xml