diff --git a/gen_web_gettext.py b/gen_web_gettext.py
index a4f18049c..c37000481 100755
--- a/gen_web_gettext.py
+++ b/gen_web_gettext.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import re
 
 WEBUI_JS_DIR = 'deluge/ui/web/js/deluge-all'
 # Enabling Debug adds file and line number as comments to the gettext file.
-DEBUG = False
+DEBUG = True
 
 
 def check_missing_markup(js_dir):
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ GETTEXT_TPL = (
     'add:function(string,translation){this.maps[string]=translation},'
     'get:function(string){if (this.maps[string]){string=this.maps[string]} return string}};'
     'function _(string){return GetText.get(string)}')
+GETTEXT_SUBST_TPL = ("GetText.add('{key}','${{escape(_(\"{key}\"))}}')\n")
 
 
 def create_gettext_js(js_dir):
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ def create_gettext_js(js_dir):
         for key in sorted(strings):
             if DEBUG:
                 fp.write('\n//: %s' % '//: '.join(['%s:%s\n' % x for x in strings[key]]))
-            fp.write('''GetText.add('%(key)s','${escape(_("%(key)s"))}')\n''' % locals())
+            fp.write(GETTEXT_SUBST_TPL.format(key=key))
     return gettext_file
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bdc789964..a07f822fc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ class BuildWebUI(cmd.Command):
                     print('Import error: %s' % import_error)
                     sys.exit(1)
 
+        # Create the gettext.js file for translations.
+        from gen_web_gettext import create_gettext_js
+        deluge_all_path = os.path.join(js_basedir, self.JS_SRC_DIRS[0])
+        print('Creating WebUI translation file: %s/gettext.js' % deluge_all_path)
+        create_gettext_js(deluge_all_path)
+
 
 class CleanWebUI(cmd.Command):
     description = 'Clean the documentation build and rst files'