diff --git a/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts b/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
index 9fd39b092a..ce88f7f706 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/services/i18n.service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export class I18nService implements I18nServiceAbstraction {
   locale$: Observable<string> = this._locale.asObservable();
   // First locale is the default (English)
   supportedTranslationLocales: string[] = ["en"];
+  defaultLocale = "en";
   translationLocale: string;
   collator: Intl.Collator;
   localeNames = new Map<string, string>([
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ export class I18nService implements I18nServiceAbstraction {
       this.translationLocale = this.translationLocale.slice(0, 2);
 
       if (this.supportedTranslationLocales.indexOf(this.translationLocale) === -1) {
-        this.translationLocale = this.supportedTranslationLocales[0];
+        this.translationLocale = this.defaultLocale;
       }
     }
 
     if (this.localesDirectory != null) {
       await this.loadMessages(this.translationLocale, this.localeMessages);
-      if (this.translationLocale !== this.supportedTranslationLocales[0]) {
-        await this.loadMessages(this.supportedTranslationLocales[0], this.defaultMessages);
+      if (this.translationLocale !== this.defaultLocale) {
+        await this.loadMessages(this.defaultLocale, this.defaultMessages);
       }
     }
   }