diff --git a/client/src/i18n.js b/client/src/i18n.js
index 120b29f8..1466e0f9 100644
--- a/client/src/i18n.js
+++ b/client/src/i18n.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {initReactI18next} from "react-i18next";
 import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
 import HttpApi from 'i18next-http-backend';
 
-await i18n.use(initReactI18next).use(LanguageDetector).use(HttpApi).init({
+i18n.use(initReactI18next).use(LanguageDetector).use(HttpApi).init({
     supportedLngs: ['en', 'de'],
     fallbackLng: 'en',
     backend: {