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diff --git a/mediagoblin/mg_globals.py b/mediagoblin/mg_globals.py
index 8c7c64c2..e4b94bdc 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/mg_globals.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/mg_globals.py
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ workbench_manager = None
# A thread-local scope
thread_scope = threading.local()
-# gettext (this will be populated on demand with gettext.Translations)
-thread_scope.translations = None
+# gettext (this needs to default to English so it doesn't break
+# in case we're running a script without the app like
+# ./bin/gmg theme assetlink)
+thread_scope.translations = gettext.translation(
+ 'mediagoblin',
+ pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+ 'mediagoblin', 'i18n'), ['en'], fallback=True)
# app and global config objects
app_config = None