diff --git a/axes/conf.py b/axes/conf.py
index c0fbd25..d4eb7c1 100644
--- a/axes/conf.py
+++ b/axes/conf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from appconf import AppConf
 
diff --git a/axes/models.py b/axes/models.py
index 15b2128..facdfc2 100644
--- a/axes/models.py
+++ b/axes/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class CommonAccess(models.Model):