diff --git a/app/app.vue b/app/app.vue
index c50c3a084..e8eca66eb 100644
--- a/app/app.vue
+++ b/app/app.vue
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ useSeoMeta({
 });
 
 const settings = useSettingsStore();
-const { locale: userLocale, isNUIAvailable, design, updateAvailable } = storeToRefs(settings);
+const { getUserLocale, isNUIAvailable, design, updateAvailable } = storeToRefs(settings);
 
 if (APP_VERSION !== settings.version) {
     logger.info('Resetting app data because new version has been detected', settings.version, APP_VERSION);
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ const onBeforeEnter = async () => {
 };
 
 async function setUserLocale(): Promise<void> {
-    logger.info('Setting user locale to', userLocale.value);
-    if (userLocale.value !== undefined) {
-        locale.value = userLocale.value;
-        await setLocale(userLocale.value);
+    logger.info('Setting user locale to', getUserLocale.value);
+    if (getUserLocale.value !== undefined) {
+        locale.value = getUserLocale.value;
+        await setLocale(getUserLocale.value);
     }
 }
 setUserLocale();
-watch(userLocale, () => setUserLocale());
+watch(getUserLocale, () => setUserLocale());
 
 async function clickListener(event: MouseEvent): Promise<void> {
     if (!event.target || event.defaultPrevented) {
diff --git a/app/components/partials/LanguageSwitcherModal.vue b/app/components/partials/LanguageSwitcherModal.vue
index 8bfbc456c..1d2a58830 100644
--- a/app/components/partials/LanguageSwitcherModal.vue
+++ b/app/components/partials/LanguageSwitcherModal.vue
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
         languages.value.push({
             code: lang.code,
-            name: lang.name!,
             language: lang.language!,
+            name: lang.name!,
             icon: lang.icon ?? 'i-mdi-question',
         });
     });
diff --git a/app/store/settings.ts b/app/store/settings.ts
index bd33cd940..35d32728a 100644
--- a/app/store/settings.ts
+++ b/app/store/settings.ts
@@ -42,16 +42,11 @@ export interface SettingsState {
 }
 
 export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', {
-    state: () => {
-        let defaultLocale = useAppConfig().defaultLocale;
-        if (defaultLocale === '') {
-            defaultLocale = 'en';
-        }
-
-        return {
+    state: () =>
+        ({
             version: APP_VERSION,
             updateAvailable: false,
-            locale: defaultLocale,
+            locale: undefined,
 
             nuiEnabled: false,
             nuiResourceName: undefined,
@@ -85,8 +80,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', {
             jobsService: {
                 cardView: true,
             },
-        } as SettingsState;
-    },
+        }) as SettingsState,
     persist: {
         omit: ['updateAvailable'],
     },
@@ -106,6 +100,13 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', {
         isNUIAvailable(state): boolean {
             return state.nuiEnabled ?? false;
         },
+        getUserLocale(state): Locale {
+            return state.locale !== undefined
+                ? state.locale
+                : useAppConfig().defaultLocale !== ''
+                  ? (useAppConfig().defaultLocale as Locale)
+                  : 'en';
+        },
     },
 });
 
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 90d8d7cf8..864187c48 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ discord:
 game:
   # First grade "number/id", some servers start at 0, but I have seen some start at 1
   startJobGrade: 0
-  defaultLocale: "en"
 sync:
   enabled: false
   apiTokens: []