diff --git a/buildscripts/update_translation_source.sh b/buildscripts/update_translation_source.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+xgettext -Lpython --output=src/translations/messages.pot \
+src/bitmessagekivy/mpybit.py src/bitmessagekivy/main.kv \
+src/bitmessagekivy/baseclass/*.py src/bitmessagekivy/kv/*.kv