diff --git a/bootstrap/run.py b/bootstrap/run.py
index 15d7b81..a39c1a4 100644
--- a/bootstrap/run.py
+++ b/bootstrap/run.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from config import TEMPLATES_FOLDER, STATIC_FOLDER
+from config import TEMPLATES_FOLDER, STATIC_FOLDER, APP_BASE_URL, PORT
 from oshipka.persistance import populate_static, init_db
 
 from populate import populate_db
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ app.template_folder = TEMPLATES_FOLDER
 app.static_folder = STATIC_FOLDER
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(port=5000, debug=True, ssl_context=('webapp/ssl/cert.crt', 'webapp/ssl/cert.key'))
+    print("Running on {}".format(APP_BASE_URL))
+    app.run(port=PORT, debug=True, ssl_context=('webapp/ssl/cert.crt', 'webapp/ssl/cert.key'))
+
diff --git a/oshipka.sh b/oshipka.sh
index 79b13e5..014b799 100755
--- a/oshipka.sh
+++ b/oshipka.sh
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@ bootstrap() {
     python manager.py db migrate -m "001"
     _post_migrate
     python manager.py db upgrade
+
+    command_translate "" extract
+    command_translate "" gen en
+    # TODO: sed acts on a line-by-line
+#    sed -i 's/msgid "Project"/msgstr ${PROJECT_NAME}/' translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+    command_translate "" compile
+
     git init .
     git add .
     git commit -m "Initial commit"
diff --git a/oshipka/persistance/__init__.py b/oshipka/persistance/__init__.py
index 332a1af..a666b99 100644
--- a/oshipka/persistance/__init__.py
+++ b/oshipka/persistance/__init__.py
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ def register_index_svc():
 
 
 def _init_translations(app):
-    from flask_babelex import Babel
-    babel = Babel(app)
+    from flask_babelex import Babel, gettext, Domain
+    babel = Babel(app, default_domain=Domain(dirname='translations'))
 
     @babel.localeselector
     def get_locale():
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ def init_db(app):
     app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI
     app.config["SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS"] = False
     app.config["WHOOSH_BASE"] = SEARCH_INDEX_PATH
+    app.config["BABEL_TRANSLATION_DIRECTORIES"] = '/translations'
     try:
         from config import TRANSLATION_LANGUAGES
         app.config["TRANSLATION_LANGUAGES"] = TRANSLATION_LANGUAGES