diff --git a/lib/js_locale_helper.rb b/lib/js_locale_helper.rb
index 99bd3755e16..4d1b15e8a5a 100644
--- a/lib/js_locale_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/js_locale_helper.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ module JsLocaleHelper
         # so let's start with a basic object we can merge into
         translations = {
           locale_str => {
-            'js' => {}
+            'js' => {},
+            'admin_js' => {}
           }
         }
       end