diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 8a492f5121..55bf36ad86 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
     config.i18n.default_locale = ENV["LOCALE"]
-
+    I18n.locale = config.i18n.locale = config.i18n.default_locale
+    
     # Setting this to true causes a performance regression in Rails 3.2.17
     # When we're on a version with the fix below, we can set it to true
     # https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/issues/230