diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb86b4ee..a4a2a826 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -518,6 +518,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gettext-rs"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "gettext-sys 0.19.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "locale_config 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "gettext-sys"
+version = "0.19.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc 1.0.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -699,6 +716,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "crc 1.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "locale_config"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex 0.2.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1019,6 +1047,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenv 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure_derive 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "gettext-rs 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hex 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.11.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1992,6 +2021,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum futures-cpupool 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ab90cde24b3319636588d0c35fe03b1333857621051837ed769faefb4c2162e4"
 "checksum gcc 0.3.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5e33ec290da0d127825013597dbdfc28bee4964690c7ce1166cbc2a7bd08b1bb"
 "checksum generic-array 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ef25c5683767570c2bbd7deba372926a55eaae9982d7726ee2a1050239d45b9d"
+"checksum gettext-rs 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3b8c2412d5758f68a9eeba161f9ecb9a55f56bfdbf17857650b98f2b9b281a47"
+"checksum gettext-sys 0.19.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "62c644c0b8b73706fb8c7420533fd30abf6f41c2703994bc6f0826fceb7fb3d6"
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
 "checksum heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ea04fa3ead4e05e51a7c806fc07271fdbde4e246a6c6d1efd52e72230b771b82"
 "checksum hex 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "805026a5d0141ffc30abb3be3173848ad46a1b1664fe632428479619a3644d77"
@@ -2013,6 +2044,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum lazycell 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a6f08839bc70ef4a3fe1d566d5350f519c5912ea86be0df1740a7d247c7fc0ef"
 "checksum libc 0.2.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6fd41f331ac7c5b8ac259b8bf82c75c0fb2e469bbf37d2becbba9a6a2221965b"
 "checksum libflate 0.1.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1a429b86418868c7ea91ee50e9170683f47fd9d94f5375438ec86ec3adb74e8e"
+"checksum locale_config 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "14fbee0e39bc2dd6a2427c4fdea66e9826cc1fd09b0a0b7550359f5f6efe1dab"
 "checksum log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e19e8d5c34a3e0e2223db8e060f9e8264aeeb5c5fc64a4ee9965c062211c024b"
 "checksum log 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "89f010e843f2b1a31dbd316b3b8d443758bc634bed37aabade59c686d644e0a2"
 "checksum mac 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 819d8a4c..c36984bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ name = "plume"
 version = "0.1.0"
 [dependencies]
 activitypub = "0.1.1"
+ammonia = "1.1.0"
 array_tool = "1.0"
 base64 = "0.9"
 bcrypt = "0.2"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ comrak = "0.2"
 dotenv = "*"
 failure = "0.1"
 failure_derive = "0.1"
+gettext-rs = "0.4"
 heck = "0.3.0"
 hex = "0.3"
 hyper = "*"
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ serde = "*"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 url = "1.7"
-ammonia = "1.1.0"
 
 [dependencies.chrono]
 features = ["serde"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ce8f78d6..55a49e07 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern crate comrak;
 extern crate failure;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate failure_derive;
+extern crate gettextrs;
 extern crate heck;
 extern crate hex;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/routes/user.rs b/src/routes/user.rs
index bb096c8d..8705b252 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.rs
+++ b/src/routes/user.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ fn follow_auth(name: String) -> Flash<Redirect> {
 fn followers(name: String, conn: DbConn, account: Option<User>) -> Template {
     let user = User::find_by_fqn(&*conn, name.clone()).unwrap();
     let user_id = user.id.clone();
-    
+
     Template::render("users/followers", json!({
         "user": serde_json::to_value(user.clone()).unwrap(),
         "instance_url": user.get_instance(&*conn).public_domain,