diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_login.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_login.js
index 7fd8a4dd..ee6efb54 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_login.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_login.js
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ let LoginForm = React.createClass({
 
     getDefaultProps() {
         return {
-            headerMessage: 'Enter ascribe',
-            submitMessage: 'Log in',
+            headerMessage: getLangText('Enter ascribe'),
+            submitMessage: getLangText('Log in'),
             redirectOnLoggedIn: true,
             redirectOnLoginSuccess: true
         };
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ let LoginForm = React.createClass({
                     <button
                         type="submit"
                         className="btn ascribe-btn ascribe-btn-login">
-                        {getLangText(this.props.submitMessage)}
+                        {this.props.submitMessage}
                     </button>}
                 spinner={
                     <span className="btn ascribe-btn ascribe-btn-login ascribe-btn-login-spinner">
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ let LoginForm = React.createClass({
                     </span>
                     }>
                 <FormPropertyHeader>
-                    <h3>{getLangText(this.props.headerMessage)}</h3>
+                    <h3>{this.props.headerMessage}</h3>
                 </FormPropertyHeader>
                 <Property
                     name='email'
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_signup.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_signup.js
index f0c3323b..e4d50ec9 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_signup.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_signup.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ let SignupForm = React.createClass({
 
     getDefaultProps() {
         return {
-            headerMessage: 'Welcome to ascribe',
-            submitMessage: 'Sign up'
+            headerMessage: getLangText('Welcome to ascribe'),
+            submitMessage: getLangText('Sign up')
         };
     },
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ let SignupForm = React.createClass({
                 getFormData={this.getFormData}
                 buttons={
                     <button type="submit" className="btn ascribe-btn ascribe-btn-login">
-                        {getLangText(this.props.submitMessage)}
+                        {this.props.submitMessage}
                     </button>}
                 spinner={
                     <span className="btn ascribe-btn ascribe-btn-login ascribe-btn-login-spinner">
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ let SignupForm = React.createClass({
                     </span>
                     }>
                 <FormPropertyHeader>
-                    <h3>{getLangText(this.props.headerMessage)}</h3>
+                    <h3>{this.props.headerMessage}</h3>
                 </FormPropertyHeader>
                 <Property
                     name='email'