diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8cd86c291857248060f2777ff922f4ef37a4ac6b..fc93243b93e88ca7758ae587aafbf15ed25d59b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ i18n_extract:
 	poetry run pybabel update --input-file messages.pot --output-dir translations/ --domain messages
 
 i18n_compile:
-	poetry run pybabel compile --directory translations/ --domain messages
+	poetry run pybabel compile -f --directory translations/ --domain messages