diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 2394aacf..77b4507e 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ for indice, theme in enumerate(themes):
 
 cookie_max_age = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 5  # 5 years
 
+_category_names = (gettext('files'),
+                   gettext('general'),
+                   gettext('music'),
+                   gettext('social media'),
+                   gettext('images'),
+                   gettext('videos'),
+                   gettext('it'),
+                   gettext('news'),
+                   gettext('map'))
+
 
 @babel.localeselector
 def get_locale():
diff --git a/utils/update-translations.sh b/utils/update-translations.sh
index 2f9ab218..00e7fb1e 100755
--- a/utils/update-translations.sh
+++ b/utils/update-translations.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ SEARX_DIR='searx'
 pybabel extract -F babel.cfg -o messages.pot $SEARX_DIR
 for f in `ls $SEARX_DIR'/translations/'`; do
     pybabel update -N -i messages.pot -d $SEARX_DIR'/translations/' -l $f
-    # TODO - need to fix category translations
-    sed -i 's/#~ //' $SEARX_DIR'/translations/'$f'/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po'
 done
 
 echo '[!] update done, edit .po files if required and run pybabel compile -d searx/translations/'