diff --git a/extract-messages.sh b/extract-messages.sh
index da8753d8..c87dc1d2 100755
--- a/extract-messages.sh
+++ b/extract-messages.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 source ./translation.vars
 
-TZ=UTC env/bin/pybabel extract --project=$PROJECT --version=$VERSION -F $BABELCFG $PROJDIR > $POTFILE
+TZ=UTC env/bin/pybabel extract --project=$PROJECT --version=$VERSION -F $BABELCFG -o $POTFILE $PROJDIR