diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/checkouts.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/checkouts.js
index 3ae02dc215..b99f824686 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/checkouts.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/js/checkouts.js
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     var issuesTable;
     var drawn = 0;
     issuesTable = $("#issues-table").dataTable({
+        "oLanguage": {
+            "sEmptyTable" : MSG_DT_LOADING_RECORDS,
+        },
         "bAutoWidth": false,
         "sDom": "<'row-fluid'<'span6'><'span6'>r>t<'row-fluid'>t",
         "aoColumns": [