diff --git a/.github/workflows/translation_templates.yml b/.github/workflows/translation_templates.yml
index 3b3772efad2..ac19ee9f249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translation_templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translation_templates.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y gettext
 
+          # Checkout master to make git describe work
+          git checkout -b "master" -t origin/master
+          
           # Update translation templates:
           chmod +x makepot.sh
           sh ./makepot.sh
diff --git a/makepot.sh b/makepot.sh
index af78c06e217..81abe899991 100755
--- a/makepot.sh
+++ b/makepot.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ rm -f data/locale/main.pot data/locale/credits.pot data/locale/objects.pot data/
 for LEVELSET in $(ls data/levels); do
   SCRIPT_FILES=$(find data/levels/$LEVELSET -name "*.nut")
   for SCRIPT_FILE in $SCRIPT_FILES; do
-    name=$(basename ${SCRIPT_FILE})
-    name=${name/.nut/}
+    name=$(basename ${SCRIPT_FILE}) | sed 's/.nut//g'
     python tools/extract_strings.py ${SCRIPT_FILE} data/levels/$LEVELSET/scripts_${name}.txt
   done
 done