diff --git a/qt/i18n/sync-git b/qt/i18n/sync-ftl-git
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 63%
rename from qt/i18n/sync-git
rename to qt/i18n/sync-ftl-git
index 38e1ef9b1..df527248a
--- a/qt/i18n/sync-git
+++ b/qt/i18n/sync-ftl-git
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 # pull any pending changes from git repos
 ./pull-git
 
-# upload changes to .pot
-./update-po-template
-(cd po && git add desktop; git commit -m update; git push)
-
 # upload changes to ftl templates
 ./update-ftl-templates
 (cd ftl && git add core; git commit -m update; git push)
diff --git a/qt/i18n/sync-po-git b/qt/i18n/sync-po-git
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..55c778d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/i18n/sync-po-git
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# pull any pending changes from git repos
+./pull-git
+
+# upload changes to .pot
+./update-po-template
+(cd po && git add desktop; git commit -m update; git push)