diff --git a/config/cfgroot/header.pl b/config/cfgroot/header.pl
index acccfc834..cf895bf24 100644
--- a/config/cfgroot/header.pl
+++ b/config/cfgroot/header.pl
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ if ($ENV{'SERVER_ADDR'} && $ENV{'HTTPS'} ne 'on') {
 &General::readhash("${swroot}/main/settings", \%settings);
 &General::readhash("${swroot}/ethernet/settings", \%ethsettings);
 &General::readhash("${swroot}/ppp/settings", \%pppsettings);
-$language = $settings{'LANGUAGE'};
 $hostname = $settings{'HOSTNAME'};
 $hostnameintitle = 0;
 
 ### Initialize language
-if ($language =~ /^(\w+)$/) {$language = $1;}
+require "${swroot}/lang.pl";
+$language = &Lang::FindWebLanguage($settings{"LANGUAGE"});
 
 ### Read English Files
 if ( -d "/var/ipfire/langs/en/" ) {
diff --git a/config/cfgroot/lang.pl b/config/cfgroot/lang.pl
index 707b28d11..3b001ad9d 100644
--- a/config/cfgroot/lang.pl
+++ b/config/cfgroot/lang.pl
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ $language = $settings{'LANGUAGE'};
 # (it is a developper options)
 #
 sub reload {
+    my $LG = &FindWebLanguage(shift);
 
-    my ($LG) = @_;
     %Lang::tr = ();	# start with a clean array
 
     # Use CacheLang if present & not empty.
@@ -157,4 +157,23 @@ sub BuildCacheLang {
     &General::log ("WARNING: cannot build cachelang file for [$missed].") if ($error);
     return $error;
 }
+
+sub FindWebLanguage() {
+	my $lang = shift;
+
+	my @options = ($lang);
+
+	my ($shortlang, $encoding) = split(/\./, $lang);
+	push(@options, $shortlang);
+
+	my ($language, $country) = split(/_/, $shortlang);
+	push(@options, $language);
+
+	foreach my $option (@options) {
+		return $option if (-e "${General::swroot}/langs/$option.pl");
+	}
+
+	return undef;
+}
+
 1;