diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 506430dc1f..f20dfa9010 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -161,12 +161,9 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     # The default locale is set in the environment.
     config.i18n.default_locale = OpenFoodNetwork::I18nConfig.default_locale
     config.i18n.available_locales = OpenFoodNetwork::I18nConfig.available_locales
+    config.i18n.fallbacks = OpenFoodNetwork::I18nConfig.fallbacks
     I18n.locale = config.i18n.locale = config.i18n.default_locale
 
-    # Enable locale fallbacks for I18n (makes lookups for any locale fall back to
-    # the I18n.default_locale when a translation can not be found)
-    config.i18n.fallbacks = [:en]
-
     # Calculate digests for locale files so we can know when they change
     I18nDigests.build_digests config.i18n.available_locales
 
diff --git a/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config.rb b/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config.rb
index d0d71d0450..6c132442d5 100644
--- a/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config.rb
+++ b/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
       (selectable_locales + [default_locale, source_locale]).uniq
     end
 
+    def self.fallbacks
+      [default_locale, source_locale].uniq
+    end
+
     # The default locale that is used when the user doesn't have a preference.
     def self.default_locale
       ENV["LOCALE"] || ENV["I18N_LOCALE"] || source_locale