diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/password.py b/bookwyrm/views/password.py
index 18fcb02cd..6d202ce24 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/password.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/password.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views import View
 
 from bookwyrm import models
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py b/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
index e9ad074d1..ba9f6a3c1 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views import View
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST