diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 5bdaec471..b039e01e6 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def defPaths(customSavePath=None):
     # saveddata db location modifier, shouldn't ever need to touch this
     eos.config.saveddata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + saveDB + "?check_same_thread=False"
     eos.config.gamedata_connectionstring = "sqlite:///" + gameDB + "?check_same_thread=False"
+    eos.config.lang = language or eos.config.lang
 
     # initialize the settings
     from service.settings import EOSSettings
diff --git a/eos/config.py b/eos/config.py
index ce612880b..93faea892 100644
--- a/eos/config.py
+++ b/eos/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ saveddataCache = True
 gamedata_version = ""
 gamedata_date = ""
 gamedata_connectionstring = 'sqlite:///' + realpath(join(dirname(abspath(__file__)), "..", "eve.db"))
+lang = "en_US"
+
 pyfalog.debug("Gamedata connection string: {0}", gamedata_connectionstring)
 
 if istravis is True or hasattr(sys, '_called_from_test'):