diff --git a/po/compile_translations.sh b/po/compile_translations.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8ad5524..0000000
--- a/po/compile_translations.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-find . -name \*.po -execdir sh -c 'msgfmt "$0" -o uberwriter.mo' '{}' \; 
-
diff --git a/po/update_translations.sh b/po/update_translations.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2b9502d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/update_translations.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function generate_po()
+{
+    >LINGUAS
+    for po in */LC_MESSAGES/*.po
+    do
+        msgmerge -N $po uberwriter.pot > /tmp/$$language_new.po
+        mv /tmp/$$language_new.po $po
+        language=${po%.po}
+        echo $language >>LINGUAS
+    done
+
+    find . -name \*.po -execdir sh -c 'msgfmt "$0" -o uberwriter.mo' '{}' \; 
+
+}
+
+generate_po
+