diff --git a/update-po-files.sh b/update-po-files.sh
index 3965e27aea..8604fb0df6 100755
--- a/update-po-files.sh
+++ b/update-po-files.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@
 #####################################
 
 if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] ; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 [locale]"
+  echo "Usage: $0 [-k] [locale]"
+  echo
+  echo "Where -k means keep pot template and not delete it"
   exit
 fi
 
+if [ "$1" = "-k" ] ; then
+  KEEP=1
+  shift
+fi
+
 SOURCEDIR=../kicad-source-mirror #Set this first!!!
 
 #Autovars
@@ -54,8 +61,9 @@ fi
 for i in $LINGUAS
 do
   msgmerge --force-po $LOCALDIR/$i/kicad.po $LOCALDIR/kicad.pot -o $LOCALDIR/$i/kicad.po 2>&1 # >> /dev/null
-#  msgfmt --statistics $LOCALDIR/$i/kicad.po 2>&1 >>/dev/null
+  msgfmt --statistics $LOCALDIR/$i/kicad.po 2>&1 >>/dev/null
 done
 
-#Comment this to create new language template
-rm $LOCALDIR/kicad.pot
+if [ ! "$KEEP" = "1" ]; then
+  rm $LOCALDIR/kicad.pot
+fi