diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1723a9b4415f2aafe5524bd9c8bbd1f6d95f5caa..b6ff91f5d1eb7b0ab76e4765ca64abcb23e8fa5d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 messages.pot: pelican_theme_teckids/templates/*.html babel.cfg
-	pybabel extract --mapping babel.cfg --output messages.pot
+	pybabel extract --mapping babel.cfg --output messages.pot ./
 
 pelican_theme_teckids/translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po: messages.pot
 	pybabel update --input-file messages.pot --output-dir pelican_theme_teckids/translations/ --locale en --domain messages