diff --git a/web-lib.pl b/web-lib.pl
index e70776a19..de6c64da2 100755
--- a/web-lib.pl
+++ b/web-lib.pl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 $main::default_debug_log_size = 10*1024*1024;
 
 $webmin_feedback_address = "feedback\@webmin.com";
-$default_lang = "en.UTF-8";
+$default_lang = "en";
 $default_charset = "iso-8859-1";
 
 =head2 unique(string, ...)