diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js
index f563af6691..55caa52299 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ChatCreateOrReuseDialog.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher';
+import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import MatrixClientPeg from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import DMRoomMap from '../../../utils/DMRoomMap';
 import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export default class ChatCreateOrReuseDialog extends React.Component {
             <div className="mx_RoomTile_avatar">
                 <img src="img/create-big.svg" width="26" height="26" />
             </div>
-            <div className={labelClasses}><i>{_("Start new chat")}</i></div>
+            <div className={labelClasses}><i>{_t("Start new chat")}</i></div>
         </AccessibleButton>;
 
         const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent('views.dialogs.BaseDialog');