diff --git a/devops/dev_bootstrap.sh b/devops/dev_bootstrap.sh
index f99bd158..2b463fcd 100755
--- a/devops/dev_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/devops/dev_bootstrap.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ $pip_exec install -r "${MAIN_FOLDER}/requirements.txt"
 echo "Installing dev requirements"
 $pip_exec install -r "${MAIN_FOLDER}/dev_requirements.txt"
 
+echo "Compiling Flask Babel"
+pybabel compile -d "${MAIN_FOLDER}/lms/lmsweb/translations"
+
 echo "Creating local SQLite DB"
 $python_exec "${DB_BOOTSTRAP_FILE_PATH}"