diff --git a/js/ui/environment.js b/js/ui/environment.js
index 2dd911564..4a78b84a7 100644
--- a/js/ui/environment.js
+++ b/js/ui/environment.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ imports.gi.versions.GdkPixbuf = '2.0';
 imports.gi.versions.Gtk = '3.0';
 
 const Clutter = imports.gi.Clutter;;
-const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('gnome-shell');
+const Gettext = imports.gettext;
 const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
 const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
 const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5472953b9..c9c9d6e12 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+  textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
   ctx = meta_get_option_context ();
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, gnome_shell_options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);