diff --git a/app/modules/messaging/static/admin/js/email-templates.js b/app/modules/messaging/static/admin/js/email-templates.js
index 42f01b8a..6c7d7c3d 100644
--- a/app/modules/messaging/static/admin/js/email-templates.js
+++ b/app/modules/messaging/static/admin/js/email-templates.js
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ function emailTemplatesPage() {
 
         // Lifecycle
         async init() {
-            // Load i18n translations
-            await I18n.loadModule('messaging');
-
+            // Guard against duplicate initialization
             if (window._adminEmailTemplatesInitialized) return;
             window._adminEmailTemplatesInitialized = true;
 
+            // Load i18n translations
+            await I18n.loadModule('messaging');
+
             await this.loadData();
         },