diff --git a/client/src/Features/Settings/settingsSlice.js b/client/src/Features/Settings/settingsSlice.js
index 614ab7159..967858901 100644
--- a/client/src/Features/Settings/settingsSlice.js
+++ b/client/src/Features/Settings/settingsSlice.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const initialState = {
 	isLoading: false,
 	apiBaseUrl: "",
 	logLevel: "debug",
-	language: "",
+	language: "gb",
 };
 
 export const getAppSettings = createAsyncThunk(
diff --git a/client/src/Features/UI/uiSlice.js b/client/src/Features/UI/uiSlice.js
index 1fc2f865d..f20115b92 100644
--- a/client/src/Features/UI/uiSlice.js
+++ b/client/src/Features/UI/uiSlice.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const initialState = {
 	greeting: { index: 0, lastUpdate: null },
 	timezone: "America/Toronto",
 	distributedUptimeEnabled: false,
-	language: localStorage.getItem("app_language") || "gb",
+	language: "gb",
 	starPromptOpen: true,
 };
 
diff --git a/client/src/Utils/i18n.js b/client/src/Utils/i18n.js
index a2e84f1dc..985762a4e 100644
--- a/client/src/Utils/i18n.js
+++ b/client/src/Utils/i18n.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ i18n.use(initReactI18next).init({
 
 i18n.on("languageChanged", (lng) => {
 	store.dispatch(setLanguage(lng));
-	window.localStorage.setItem("app_language", lng);
 });
 
 export default i18n;