diff --git a/scripts/makestrings.sh b/scripts/makestrings.sh
index 3954e176..755ce35f 100755
--- a/scripts/makestrings.sh
+++ b/scripts/makestrings.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 for filename in locales/domains/*.txt; do
   domain=$(basename "$filename" .txt)
   echo "Creating template for domain: $domain"
-  xgettext -f $filename -o locales/templates/$domain.pot --keyword=_p:1c,2 --keyword=_n:1,2 --keyword=_np:1c,2,3 -v -c --debug
+  xgettext -f $filename -o locales/templates/$domain.pot --keyword=_p:1c,2 --keyword=_n:1,2 --keyword=_np:1c,2,3 -c --debug --from-code=utf-8
 done