diff --git a/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc b/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
index abc28422c..562acee7d 100644
--- a/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@
             "system": "0xDB@0xDB.org"
         },
         "https": true,
-        "locale": "en",
         "id": "0xdb",
         "name": "0xDB",
         "url": "0xDB.org",
@@ -805,7 +804,7 @@
             "listSort": [{"key": "director", "operator": "+"}],
             "listView": "grid",
             "lists": {},
-            "locale": "",
+            "locale": "en",
             "mapFind": "",
             "mapSelection": "",
             "page": "",
diff --git a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
index 3bc2a9381..808bc99ae 100644
--- a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@
         },
 	    "folderdepth": 4,
         "https": true,
-        "locale": "en",
         "id": "indiancinema",
         "name": "Indiancine.ma",
         "url": "indiancine.ma",
@@ -817,7 +816,7 @@
             "listSort": [{"key": "year", "operator": "+"}],
             "listView": "grid",
             "lists": {},
-            "locale": "",
+            "locale": "en",
             "mapFind": "",
             "mapSelection": "",
             "page": "",
diff --git a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
index 3897b9586..051c5ac27 100644
--- a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@
             "system": "system@pad.ma"
         },
         "https": true,
-        "locale": "en",
         "id": "padma",
         "name": "Pad.ma",
         "url": "pad.ma",
@@ -695,7 +694,7 @@
             "listSort": [{"key": "title", "operator": "+"}],
             "listView": "grid",
             "lists": {},
-            "locale": "",
+            "locale": "en",
             "mapFind": "",
             "mapSelection": "",
             "page": "",
diff --git a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
index 4d1b7e31c..31565de01 100644
--- a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
     ],
     "sendReferrer": true,
     "site": {
-        "description": "This is a demp of pan.do/ra a free, open source media archive. It allows you to manage large, decentralized collections of video, to collaboratively create metadata and time-based annotations, and to serve your archive as a cutting-edge web application.",
+        "description": "This is a demo of pan.do/ra - a free, open source media archive. It allows you to manage large, decentralized collections of video, to collaboratively create metadata and time-based annotations, and to serve your archive as a cutting-edge web application.",
         "email": {
             // E-mail address in contact form (to)
             "contact": "system@pandora.local",
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@
         },
         "https": false,
         "id": "pandora",
-        "locale": "en",
         "name": "Demo",
         "url": "pandora.local",
         "videoprefix": ""
@@ -613,7 +612,7 @@
             "listSort": [{"key": "title", "operator": "+"}],
             "listView": "grid",
             "lists": {},
-            "locale": "",
+            "locale": "en",
             "mapFind": "",
             "mapSelection": "",
             "page": "",
diff --git a/static/js/utils.js b/static/js/utils.js
index 478720967..ce3a80d24 100644
--- a/static/js/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/utils.js
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ pandora.setLocale = function(locale, callback) {
     // language from http header might not be supported,
     // fall back to site default
     if (Ox.isUndefined(Ox.LOCALE_NAMES[locale])) {
-        locale = pandora.site.site.locale;
+        locale = pandora.site.user.ui.locale;
     }
     if (locale != 'en') {
         if (pandora.localStorage('enableDebugMode')) {