diff --git a/steering/settings.py b/steering/settings.py
index 3063c0cf37efbdc28c8689562b8dd85606be6547..80040034304dd53e97662268494bb234cbac1c2f 100644
--- a/steering/settings.py
+++ b/steering/settings.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 
 TIME_ZONE = os.getenv("TZ", default="Europe/Vienna")
-LANGUAGE_CODE = "de"
+LANGUAGE_CODE = os.getenv("LANGUAGE_CODE", default="en-us")
+
 USE_TZ = True  # django-oidc-provider needs timezones in database
 
 SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY", default="secret-key")