diff --git a/tools/translations/extract.py b/tools/translations/extract.py
index 6d7d5838c91..9b829679645 100644
--- a/tools/translations/extract.py
+++ b/tools/translations/extract.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for fname in matches:
 	f.close()
 
 
-f = open("base.po","wb")
+f = open("template.pot","wb")
 f.write(main_po)
 f.close()
 	
diff --git a/tools/translations/base.po b/tools/translations/template.pot
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/translations/base.po
rename to tools/translations/template.pot