diff --git a/app/config/config.yml b/app/config/config.yml
index 337e99f8f..75d7299c1 100644
--- a/app/config/config.yml
+++ b/app/config/config.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ wallabag_core:
         it: 'Italiano'
     items_on_page: 12
     theme: material
-    language: en
+    language: '%locale%'
     rss_limit: 50
     reading_speed: 1
     cache_lifetime: 10