diff --git a/src/extension.js b/src/extension.js
index 58119cc..f82b4fc 100644
--- a/src/extension.js
+++ b/src/extension.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const PanelMenu = imports.ui.panelMenu;
 const PopupMenu = imports.ui.popupMenu;
 const Panel = imports.ui.panel;
 
-const Gettext = imports.gettext;
+const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('TeaTime');
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
 const Utils = Me.imports.utils;
@@ -420,4 +420,4 @@ function enable() {
 function disable() {
 	if (_TeaTime._idleTimeout != null) Mainloop.source_remove(_TeaTime._idleTimeout);
 	_TeaTime.destroy();
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/prefs.js b/src/prefs.js
index ca65c80..d9bd782 100644
--- a/src/prefs.js
+++ b/src/prefs.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
 const GObject = imports.gi.GObject;
 
-const Gettext = imports.gettext;
+const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('TeaTime');
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
 const Utils = Me.imports.utils;
@@ -320,4 +320,4 @@ function buildPrefsWidget() {
 
 	widget.show_all();
 	return widget;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 09d314c..c9d11c2 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
 const Lang = imports.lang;
-const Gettext = imports.gettext;
 const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;
 const Me = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
 const Config = imports.misc.config;
@@ -44,8 +43,7 @@ function initTranslations(domain) {
 
 	domain = domain || extension.metadata['gettext-domain'];
 
-	Gettext.textdomain(domain);
-	Gettext.bindtextdomain(domain, getExtensionLocaleDir());
+	imports.gettext.bindtextdomain(domain, getExtensionLocaleDir());
 }
 
 
@@ -129,4 +127,4 @@ function playSound(uri) {
 function setCairoColorFromClutter(cr, c) {
 	let s = 1.0 / 255;
 	cr.setSourceRGBA(s * c.red, s * c.green, s * c.blue, s * c.alpha);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}