diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 74cd246a..1f5c286a 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ append :linked_dirs, "log", "tmp/pids", "tmp/cache", "tmp/sockets", "public/uplo
 # Ruby version / RVM
 set :rvm1_ruby_version, '2.3.3@retrospring'
 
+require 'pry'
+binding.pry
+
 # Rollbar
 set :rollbar_token, '35f65946f562414da66d0d48073f5290' # TODO: before publishing this repo (again) remove this token
 set :rollbar_env, Proc.new { fetch :stage }
 set :rollbar_role, Proc.new { :app }
 
+# Create JS i18n files after precompiling assets
+after 'assets:precompile', 'i18n:js_assets'
+
 # Restart the app server after successful deploy
 after 'deploy:cleanup', 'deploy:restart'
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/i18n.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/i18n.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e47eb768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/i18n.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace :i18n do
+  task :js_assets do
+    within release_path do
+      with rails_env: fetch(:rails_env), rails_groups: fetch(:rails_assets_groups) do
+        execute :rake, "i18n:js:export"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end