diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8ec96f02..fb8e0500 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath m4/ChangeLog  .version Makefile.config contrib ABOUT-N
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
-VERSION = @VERSION@
-
 dist-hook:
 	find $(distdir) -depth -name CVS -print | xargs rm -fr
 
@@ -41,18 +38,3 @@ install-data-hook:
 	@echo "installed as " $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/rundig
 
 distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
-dist: Makefile
-	rm -fr $(distdir)
-	mkdir $(distdir)
-	chmod 777 $(distdir)
-	for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
-	  ln $$file $(distdir) 2>/dev/null || cp -p $$file $(distdir); \
-	done
-	for subdir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-	  mkdir $(distdir)/$$subdir || exit 1; \
-	  chmod 777 $(distdir)/$$subdir; \
-	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $@) || exit 1; \
-	done
-	tar chozf $(distdir).tar.gz $(distdir)
-	rm -fr $(distdir)
-
diff --git a/Makefile.config b/Makefile.config
index ca0ed45d..0bdcafb0 100644
--- a/Makefile.config
+++ b/Makefile.config
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
+PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
+VERSION = @VERSION@
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS=-std=c++11 -pedantic										\
 		-DDEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE=\"$(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE)\" \
 		-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/htlib \
@@ -29,3 +32,7 @@ HTLIBS=		$(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+localedir = @localedir@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
+
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2f88660b..eb02e34b 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 @TESTS_TRUE@TESTDIR = test
 SUBDIRS = db htlib htword htcommon htnet htfuzzy htdb hldig hlsearch httools installdir include $(TESTDIR) po
 EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath m4/ChangeLog  .version Makefile.config contrib ABOUT-NLS
@@ -908,20 +909,6 @@ install-data-hook:
 	@echo "Before you can start searching, you will need to create a"
 	@echo "search database.  A sample script to do this has been"
 	@echo "installed as " $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/rundig
-dist: Makefile
-	rm -fr $(distdir)
-	mkdir $(distdir)
-	chmod 777 $(distdir)
-	for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
-	  ln $$file $(distdir) 2>/dev/null || cp -p $$file $(distdir); \
-	done
-	for subdir in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-	  mkdir $(distdir)/$$subdir || exit 1; \
-	  chmod 777 $(distdir)/$$subdir; \
-	  (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $@) || exit 1; \
-	done
-	tar chozf $(distdir).tar.gz $(distdir)
-	rm -fr $(distdir)
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
diff --git a/hldig/Makefile.am b/hldig/Makefile.am
index 46acf6bf..b9c9fc5d 100644
--- a/hldig/Makefile.am
+++ b/hldig/Makefile.am
@@ -12,19 +12,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = Document.h ExternalParser.h HTML.h \
 	Parsable.h Plaintext.h Retriever.h Server.h  URLRef.h hldig.h \
 	ExternalTransport.h
 
-PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
-VERSION = @VERSION@
-
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-subdir = @top_srcdir@
-
-datadir = @datadir@
-datarootdir= @datarootdir@
-localedir = @localedir@
-LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
-
 hldig_DEPENDENCIES = $(HTLIBS)
 hldig_LDFLAGS = $(PROFILING) ${extra_ldflags}
-hldig_LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
diff --git a/hldig/Makefile.in b/hldig/Makefile.in
index 435c6287..a42d78ce 100644
--- a/hldig/Makefile.in
+++ b/hldig/Makefile.in
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 bin_PROGRAMS = hldig$(EXEEXT)
+subdir = hldig
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/gettext.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/iconv.m4 $(top_srcdir)/m4/intlmacosx.m4 \
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ am_hldig_OBJECTS = Document.$(OBJEXT) HTML.$(OBJEXT) \
 	Server.$(OBJEXT) ExternalTransport.$(OBJEXT) URLRef.$(OBJEXT) \
 	hldig.$(OBJEXT) ExternalParser.$(OBJEXT)
 hldig_OBJECTS = $(am_hldig_OBJECTS)
+hldig_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 AM_V_lt = $(am__v_lt_@AM_V@)
 am__v_lt_ = $(am__v_lt_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
 am__v_lt_0 = --silent
@@ -378,6 +380,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 hldig_SOURCES = Document.cc HTML.cc \
 	Parsable.cc Plaintext.cc \
 	Retriever.cc Server.cc ExternalTransport.cc \
@@ -388,10 +391,8 @@ noinst_HEADERS = Document.h ExternalParser.h HTML.h \
 	ExternalTransport.h
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-subdir = @top_srcdir@
 hldig_DEPENDENCIES = $(HTLIBS)
 hldig_LDFLAGS = $(PROFILING) ${extra_ldflags}
-hldig_LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 all: all-am
 
 .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/hldig/hldig.h b/hldig/hldig.h
index 8b0f66bb..d50a44b0 100644
--- a/hldig/hldig.h
+++ b/hldig/hldig.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "gettext.h"
-#define _(String) gettext (String)
-#define gettext_noop(String) String
-#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
-
 extern int debug;
 extern DocumentDB docs;
 extern HtRegexList limits;
diff --git a/hlsearch/Makefile.in b/hlsearch/Makefile.in
index 18032688..374808ff 100644
--- a/hlsearch/Makefile.in
+++ b/hlsearch/Makefile.in
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 LOCAL_DEFINES = -DCONFIG_DIR=\"$(CONFIG_DIR)\" -I$(top_srcdir)/htfuzzy
 hlsearch_SOURCES = Display.cc DocMatch.cc ResultList.cc ResultMatch.cc \
 		Template.cc TemplateList.cc WeightWord.cc hlsearch.cc \
diff --git a/hlsearch/hlsearch.cc b/hlsearch/hlsearch.cc
index 808552ce..6893feae 100644
--- a/hlsearch/hlsearch.cc
+++ b/hlsearch/hlsearch.cc
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ struct
 int
 main (int ac, char **av)
 {
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  textdomain (PACKAGE);
+
   int c;
   extern char *optarg;
   int override_config = 0;
@@ -965,7 +969,7 @@ reportError (char *msg)
 void
 usage ()
 {
-  cout << "usage: hlsearch [-v][-d][-c configfile] [query_string]\n";
+  cout << _("usage: hlsearch [-v][-d][-c configfile] [query_string]\n");
   cout << "This program is part of hl://Dig " << VERSION << "\n\n";
   cout << "Options:\n";
   cout << "\t-v -d\tVerbose mode.  This increases the verbosity of the\n";
diff --git a/htcommon/Makefile.in b/htcommon/Makefile.in
index 74c60a4b..046ff909 100644
--- a/htcommon/Makefile.in
+++ b/htcommon/Makefile.in
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 
 #
 # Do not output #line because it confuses the dependencies
diff --git a/htdb/Makefile.in b/htdb/Makefile.in
index 9ae3316a..32437f3b 100644
--- a/htdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/htdb/Makefile.in
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 htdb_load_SOURCES = htdb_load.cc
 htdb_load_DEPENDENCIES = $(HTLIBS)
 htdb_load_LDFLAGS = $(PROFILING) ${extra_ldflags}
diff --git a/htfuzzy/Makefile.in b/htfuzzy/Makefile.in
index de84ea73..25d9b13c 100644
--- a/htfuzzy/Makefile.in
+++ b/htfuzzy/Makefile.in
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 LOCAL_DEFINES = -DMV=\"$(MV)\"
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libfuzzy.la
 libfuzzy_la_SOURCES = Endings.cc EndingsDB.cc Exact.cc \
diff --git a/htlib/Makefile.in b/htlib/Makefile.in
index e14b93de..d29c6b4a 100644
--- a/htlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/htlib/Makefile.in
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libht.la
 libht_la_SOURCES = Configuration.cc Database.cc Dictionary.cc \
 	DB2_db.cc IntObject.cc List.cc Object.cc \
diff --git a/htnet/Makefile.in b/htnet/Makefile.in
index 6d16ac2b..b4bec16c 100644
--- a/htnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/htnet/Makefile.in
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libhtnet.la
 libhtnet_la_SOURCES = Connection.cc Transport.cc HtHTTP.cc HtFile.cc \
 	HtNNTP.cc HtFTP.cc HtCookie.cc HtCookieJar.cc HtCookieMemJar.cc \
diff --git a/httools/Makefile.in b/httools/Makefile.in
index 961175bf..7d972ee5 100644
--- a/httools/Makefile.in
+++ b/httools/Makefile.in
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 LOCAL_DEFINES = -DSENDMAIL=\"$(SENDMAIL)\"
 htpurge_SOURCES = htpurge.cc
 htpurge_DEPENDENCIES = $(HTLIBS)
diff --git a/htword/Makefile.in b/htword/Makefile.in
index d607bb4a..515e29dd 100644
--- a/htword/Makefile.in
+++ b/htword/Makefile.in
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 
 #
 # Part of the ht://Dig package   <http://www.htdig.org/>
diff --git a/include/Makefile.in b/include/Makefile.in
index ea46512d..34d45342 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.in
+++ b/include/Makefile.in
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 EXTRA_DIST = config.h.in stamp-h.in
 pkginclude_HEADERS = htconfig.h
 all: config.h
diff --git a/htlib/gettext.h b/include/gettext.h
similarity index 100%
rename from htlib/gettext.h
rename to include/gettext.h
diff --git a/include/htconfig.h b/include/htconfig.h
index 7c110650..8890d74b 100644
--- a/include/htconfig.h
+++ b/include/htconfig.h
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@
     For copyright details, see the file COPYING in your distribution
     or the GNU General Public License version 2 or later
     <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
-    
+
 */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
+#include "gettext.h"
+#define _(String) gettext (String)
+#define gettext_noop(String) String
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+
 #if HAVE_STDBOOL_H
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #else
diff --git a/installdir/Makefile.in b/installdir/Makefile.in
index 2420a566..035888f7 100644
--- a/installdir/Makefile.in
+++ b/installdir/Makefile.in
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 man_MANS = htdig-pdfparser.1 htdig.1 htdump.1 htfuzzy.1 htload.1 htmerge.1 \
 		htnotify.1 htpurge.1 htsearch.1 htstat.1 rundig.1 htdigconfig.8
 
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 79dd1c5f..f9175877 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # List of source files which contain translatable strings.
 
 hldig/hldig.cc
+hlsearch/hlsearch.cc
diff --git a/po/hldig.pot b/po/hldig.pot
index e9672a75..156edb58 100644
--- a/po/hldig.pot
+++ b/po/hldig.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: hldig 0.1.01\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: andy400-dev@yahoo.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2017-12-28 05:00-0600\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2017-12-28 23:11-0600\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -172,3 +172,7 @@ msgid ""
 "\n"
 "Options:\n"
 msgstr ""
+
+#: hlsearch/hlsearch.cc:968
+msgid "usage: hlsearch [-v][-d][-c configfile] [query_string]\n"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/test/Makefile.in b/test/Makefile.in
index 7f06fad0..4dea06c5 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/Makefile.in
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT = @LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT@
 LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
 LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
 LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
-LIBS = @LIBS@
+LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
 LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ HTLIBS = $(top_builddir)/htnet/libhtnet.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/htlib/libht.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/db/libhtdb.la
 
+LDADD = $(HTLIBS) @LIBINTL@
 
 #
 # Part of the ht://Dig package   <http://www.htdig.org/>