diff --git a/conf/locale/babel_underscore.cfg b/conf/locale/babel_underscore.cfg
index 0769f65f28..a1c83d6531 100644
--- a/conf/locale/babel_underscore.cfg
+++ b/conf/locale/babel_underscore.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Use this configuration file for extracting strings from .underscore files.
-[underscore: **.underscore]
+[underscore: cms/templates/**.underscore]
+input_encoding = utf-8
+[underscore: lms/templates/**.underscore]
+input_encoding = utf-8
+[underscore: common/templates/**.underscore]
 input_encoding = utf-8
 
 [extractors]