diff --git a/include/pgettext.php b/include/pgettext.php
index 335869eda2..b42dcec119 100644
--- a/include/pgettext.php
+++ b/include/pgettext.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function get_browser_language() {
 	// check if we have translations for the preferred languages and pick the 1st that has
 	for ($i=0; $i<count($lang_list); $i++) {
 		$lang = $lang_list[$i];
-		if(file_exists("view/lang/$lang") && is_dir("view/lang/$lang")) {
+		if ($lang === 'en' || (file_exists("view/lang/$lang") && is_dir("view/lang/$lang"))) {
 			$preferred = $lang;
 			break;
 		}