diff --git a/pyfpdb/locale/create-mo-files.sh b/pyfpdb/locale/create-mo-files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5df25bcb..00000000
--- a/pyfpdb/locale/create-mo-files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-cd ..
-python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py --output-file=locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/fpdb.mo locale/fpdb-hu_HU.po
-python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py --output-file=locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fpdb.mo locale/fpdb-de_DE.po
-
diff --git a/pyfpdb/locale/create-po-file.sh b/pyfpdb/locale/create-po-file.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 49adc81f..00000000
--- a/pyfpdb/locale/create-po-file.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-cd ..
-rm *.pyc
-python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py --output-dir=locale --default-domain=fpdb --output=fpdb-en_GB.po *.py*
-
diff --git a/pyfpdb/locale/fpdb-en_GB.po b/pyfpdb/locale/fpdb-en_GB.pot
similarity index 100%
rename from pyfpdb/locale/fpdb-en_GB.po
rename to pyfpdb/locale/fpdb-en_GB.pot
diff --git a/pyfpdb/locale/localise.sh b/pyfpdb/locale/localise.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..89fba06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyfpdb/locale/localise.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+cd ..
+rm *.pyc
+
+echo "creating template po file"
+python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py --output-dir=locale --default-domain=fpdb --output=fpdb-en_GB.pot *.py*
+
+echo "merging template with existing translations"
+msgmerge --update locale/fpdb-hu_HU.po locale/fpdb-en_GB.pot
+msgmerge --update locale/fpdb-de_DE.po locale/fpdb-en_GB.pot
+
+echo "compiling mo files"
+python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py --output-file=locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/fpdb.mo locale/fpdb-hu_HU.po
+python /usr/share/doc/python-2.7/examples/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py --output-file=locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fpdb.mo locale/fpdb-de_DE.po
+
diff --git a/pyfpdb/locale/update-po-files.sh b/pyfpdb/locale/update-po-files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f39b143d..00000000
--- a/pyfpdb/locale/update-po-files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-msgmerge --update fpdb-hu_HU.po fpdb-en_GB.po
-msgmerge --update fpdb-de_DE.po fpdb-en_GB.po
-