diff --git a/services/i18n.js b/services/i18n.js
index 9d74ec0e4..338f6680a 100644
--- a/services/i18n.js
+++ b/services/i18n.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const loadPluginTranslations = () => {
   }
 
   // Load the plugin translations.
-  plugins.forEach('server', 'translations').forEach(({plugin, translations: filename}) => {
+  plugins.get('server', 'translations').forEach(({plugin, translations: filename}) => {
     debug(`added plugin '${plugin.name}'`);
 
     const pack = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8'));
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ const i18n = {
    * Create the new Task kue.
    */
   init(req) {
-
-    // Loads the translations into the translations array from plugins. This is
-    // done lazily to ensure that we don't have an import cycle.
-    loadPluginTranslations();
-
     const lang = accepts(req).language(languages);
     language = lang ? lang : defaultLanguage;
   },
@@ -76,6 +71,10 @@ const i18n = {
    */
   t(key, ...replacements) {
 
+    // Loads the translations into the translations array from plugins. This is
+    // done lazily to ensure that we don't have an import cycle.
+    loadPluginTranslations();
+
     // Check if the translation exists on the object.
     if (_.has(translations[language], key)) {
 
diff --git a/services/mailer.js b/services/mailer.js
index a4f694b30..0a085ea4a 100644
--- a/services/mailer.js
+++ b/services/mailer.js
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ const mailer = module.exports = {
 
     attachLocals(locals);
 
-    // Attach the templating function.
-    locals['t'] = i18n.t;
+    // Attach the translation function.
+    locals.t = i18n.t;
 
     return Promise.all([
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const mailer = module.exports = {
     ])
       .then(([html, text]) => {
 
-      // Create the job.
+        // Create the job.
         return mailer.task.create({
           title: 'Mail',
           message: {