diff --git a/ContributionScores.php b/ContributionScores.php
index d73bbe3..c9d6d70 100644
--- a/ContributionScores.php
+++ b/ContributionScores.php
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ function efContributionScores_LanguageGetMagic( &$magicWords, $langCode ) {
 }
 
 function efContributionScores_Render(&$parser, $usertext, $metric='score') {
-	global $wgContribScoreDisableCache;
+	global $wgContribScoreDisableCache, $wgVersion;
+
+	if( version_compare( $wgVersion, '1.11', '>=' ) )
+		wfLoadExtensionMessages( 'ContributionScores' );
 
 	$output = "";
 
diff --git a/ContributionScores_body.php b/ContributionScores_body.php
index 9f29162..5d80c0d 100644
--- a/ContributionScores_body.php
+++ b/ContributionScores_body.php
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ class ContributionScores extends IncludableSpecialPage
 	}
 
 	function execute( $par ) {
-		global $wgRequest, $wgOut, $wgHooks;
-
+		global $wgRequest, $wgVersion, $wgOut, $wgHooks;
+		
+		if( version_compare( $wgVersion, '1.11', '>=' ) )
+			wfLoadExtensionMessages( 'ContributionScores' );
 		
 		$this->setHeaders();