diff --git a/sandbox/update_plugins_messagespot.py b/sandbox/update_plugins_messagespot.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46cbd6d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/update_plugins_messagespot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import os
+import pbs
+
+pbs.cd('Admin')
+for plugin in os.listdir('..'):
+    path = os.path.join('..', plugin)
+    print(repr(path))
+    assert os.path.exists(path)
+    if not os.path.isdir(path):
+        print 1
+        continue
+    print 2
+    pbs.cd(path)
+    pbs.pygettext('-D', 'config.py', 'plugin.py')