diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ syntax: glob
 *.tox
 *.egg-info
 *.egg
+*.mo
 
 syntax: regexp
 ^rcextensions
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ below::
         virtualenv ../kallithea-venv
         source ../kallithea-venv/bin/activate
         python setup.py develop
+        python setup.py compile_catalog   # for translation of the UI
 
 You can now proceed to :ref:`setup`.
 
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