diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7456996e..99d2671c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gettext libgettextpo-dev
 
 COPY ./bookwyrm /app
 COPY ./celerywyrm /app
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index 27dbc4c3..7a003d01 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ case "$CMD" in
         execweb python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
         ;;
     makemessages)
-        django-admin makemessages --extension html --ignore=venv3 $@
+        execweb django-admin makemessages --extension html --ignore=venv3 $@
         ;;
     compilemessages)
-        django-admin compilemessages --ignore venv3 $@
+        execweb django-admin compilemessages --ignore venv3 $@
         ;;
     build)
         docker-compose build