diff --git a/src/react-components/home-root.js b/src/react-components/home-root.js
index 82805ed9fa2d83e75af1a4d4bc39318808768e02..63353a4118b5c60b046c0b6c40fe202ff20ff05c 100644
--- a/src/react-components/home-root.js
+++ b/src/react-components/home-root.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class HomeRoot extends Component {
     const dialogTypes = InfoDialog.dialogTypes;
 
     return (
-      <IntlProvider defaultLocale="en" locale={lang} messages={messages}>
+      <IntlProvider locale={lang} messages={messages}>
         <div className="home">
           <div className={mainContentClassNames}>
             <div className="header-content">