diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+locale:
+	mix gettext.extract
+	mix gettext.merge priv/gettext
diff --git a/priv/gettext/default.pot b/priv/gettext/default.pot
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/gettext/default.pot
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+## This file is a PO Template file.
+##
+## `msgid`s here are often extracted from source code.
+## Add new translations manually only if they're dynamic
+## translations that can't be statically extracted.
+##
+## Run `mix gettext.extract` to bring this file up to
+## date. Leave `msgstr`s empty as changing them here as no
+## effect: edit them in PO (`.po`) files instead.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Language: INSERT LANGUAGE HERE\n"
+
+#: web/templates/layout/app.html.eex:10
+msgid "Kolab Real Time Communication"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: web/templates/layout/app.html.eex:19
+msgid "Login"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: web/templates/page/index.html.eex:3
+msgid "Real-time communication for the Kolab groupware system."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: web/templates/page/index.html.eex:2
+msgid "Welcome to %{name}"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/priv/gettext/errors.pot b/priv/gettext/errors.pot
--- a/priv/gettext/errors.pot
+++ b/priv/gettext/errors.pot
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ## Run `mix gettext.extract` to bring this file up to
 ## date. Leave `msgstr`s empty as changing them here as no
 ## effect: edit them in PO (`.po`) files instead.
-
 ## From Ecto.Changeset.cast/4
 msgid "can't be blank"
 msgstr ""