diff --git a/plugins/welcomepage/Messages.sh b/plugins/welcomepage/Messages.sh
index a5e177430..ede13d8cd 100644
--- a/plugins/welcomepage/Messages.sh
+++ b/plugins/welcomepage/Messages.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml -o -name \*.cpp` -o $podir/kdevwelcomepage.pot
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` --language JavaScript --kde -o $podir/kdevwelcomepage.pot
 rm -f rc.cpp
diff --git a/plugins/welcomepage/qml/Develop.qml b/plugins/welcomepage/qml/Develop.qml
index e96589ec2..0f4362726 100644
--- a/plugins/welcomepage/qml/Develop.qml
+++ b/plugins/welcomepage/qml/Develop.qml
@@ -1,140 +1,140 @@
 /* KDevelop
  *
  * Copyright 2011 Aleix Pol <aleixpol@kde.org>
  * Copyright 2016 Kevin Funk <kfunk@kde.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  * 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.3
 
 import org.kdevelop.welcomepage 4.3
 
 StandardPage
 {
     id: root
 
     ColumnLayout {
         anchors.fill: parent
         anchors.margins: 20
 
         spacing: 20
 
         RowLayout {
             id: toolBar
 
             width: parent.width
 
             Button {
                 iconName: "project-development-new-template"
                 text: i18n("New Project")
                 onClicked: kdev.retrieveMenuAction("project/project_new").trigger()
             }
 
             Button {
                 text: i18n("Open Project")
                 iconName: "project-development-open"
                 onClicked: ICore.projectController().openProject()
             }
 
             Button {
                 text: i18n("Fetch Project")
                 iconName: "download"
                 onClicked: kdev.retrieveMenuAction("project/project_fetch").trigger()
             }
 
             Button {
                 iconName: "document-open-recent"
                 text: i18n("Recent Projects")
                 onClicked: kdev.showMenu("project/project_open_recent")
             }
             Item {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
             }
         }
 
         Label {
             id: greetingLabel
 
             visible: !sessionsView.visible
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             Layout.fillHeight: true
 
-            text: i18n("<h3>Welcome to KDevelop!</h3>
-                <p>You can start working on a project by opening an existing or creating a new one via the above buttons.</p>
-                <p>If you need help, please check out the <a href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop\">User Manual.</a></p>") +
+            text: i18n("<h3>Welcome to KDevelop!</h3>\n" +
+                "<p>You can start working on a project by opening an existing or creating a new one via the above buttons.</p>\n" +
+                "<p>If you need help, please check out the <a href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop\">User Manual.</a></p>") +
 
                 (Qt.platform.os === "windows" ?
-                    i18n("<br/>
-                        <h3>Note for Windows users</h3>
-                        <p>Note that KDevelop does NOT ship a C/C++ compiler on Windows!</p>
-                        <p>You need to install either GCC via MinGW or install a recent version of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and make sure the environment is setup correctly <i>before</i> starting KDevelop.</p>
-                        <p>If you need further assistance, please check out the <a href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop4/Manual/WindowsSetup\">KDevelop under Windows instructions.</a></p>") :
+                    i18n("<br/>\n" +
+                        "<h3>Note for Windows users</h3>\n" +
+                        "<p>Note that KDevelop does NOT ship a C/C++ compiler on Windows!</p>\n" +
+                        "<p>You need to install either GCC via MinGW or install a recent version of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and make sure the environment is setup correctly <i>before</i> starting KDevelop.</p>\n" +
+                        "<p>If you need further assistance, please check out the <a href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/KDevelop4/Manual/WindowsSetup\">KDevelop under Windows instructions.</a></p>") :
                     "")
             wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
             onLinkActivated: Qt.openUrlExternally(link)
 
             MouseArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
 
                 acceptedButtons: Qt.NoButton // we don't want to eat clicks on the Text
                 cursorShape: parent.hoveredLink ? Qt.PointingHandCursor : Qt.ArrowCursor
             }
         }
 
         ScrollView {
             Layout.fillHeight: true
             Layout.fillWidth: true
 
             visible: sessionsView.count > 1 // we always have at least one active session
 
             ListView {
                 id: sessionsView
 
                 anchors.fill: parent
 
                 delegate: MouseArea {
                     width: sessionsView.width
                     height: visible ? 30 : 0
 
                     visible: projects.length > 0
                     hoverEnabled: true
                     cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
 
                     onClicked: sessionsModel.loadSession(uuid)
 
                     Label {
                         readonly property string projectNamesString: projectNames.join(", ").replace(/.kdev4/g, "")
 
                         width: parent.width
 
                         text: display == "" ? projectNamesString : i18n("%1: %2", display, projectNamesString)
                         elide: Text.ElideRight
                         opacity: parent.containsMouse ? 0.8 : 1
                     }
                 }
 
                 model: SessionsModel { id: sessionsModel }
 
                 header: Heading {
                     text: i18n("Sessions")
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }