diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index 5d88549877..a08397ce5a 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import Promise from 'bluebird';
 var request = require('browser-request');
 import * as UserSettingsStore from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/UserSettingsStore';
 import * as languageHandler from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/languageHandler';
+// Also import _t directly so we can call it just `_t` as this is what gen-i18n.js expects
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/languageHandler';
 
 import url from 'url';