diff --git a/scripts/deluge b/scripts/deluge
index d70d2f7f4..24557c63f 100755
--- a/scripts/deluge
+++ b/scripts/deluge
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if not "org.deluge_torrent.Deluge" in dbus_objects:
 	print "no existing Deluge session"
 	import deluge, deluge.delugegtk
 	import gettext
-	gettext.install(gettext_name)
+	gettext.install('deluge')
 	print _('message')
 	
 	interface = deluge.delugegtk.DelugeGTK()
diff --git a/src/deluge.py b/src/deluge.py
index abb5e084a..ad500697b 100644
--- a/src/deluge.py
+++ b/src/deluge.py
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ import deluge_core
 import os, shutil
 import pickle
 import time
+import gettext
 
+try: _
+except NameError:
+	def _(s): return s
 
 # Constants