diff --git a/deluge/ui/web/common.py b/deluge/ui/web/common.py
index 1f5ca03d4..214a5a86c 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/web/common.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/web/common.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from deluge import common
 
 
 def _(text):
-    gettext.gettext(text).decode("utf-8")
+    return gettext.gettext(text).decode("utf-8")
 
 
 def escape(text):