diff --git a/nautilus-extension/Messages.sh b/nautilus-extension/Messages.sh
index d6e61be79..5f7477609 100644
--- a/nautilus-extension/Messages.sh
+++ b/nautilus-extension/Messages.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.py'` -o $podir/kdeconnect-nautilus-extension.pot
+$XGETTEXT -L Python `find . -name '*.py'` -o $podir/kdeconnect-nautilus-extension.pot