# LANGUAGE\_CODE not reflecting in theme

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/language-code-not-reflecting-in-theme/14968>\
**Category:** Site Operators\
**Tags:** i18n, translation\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/language-code-not-reflecting-in-theme/14968 "2025-02-10T14:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/yago/32/367_2.png) [@Yago](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Yago)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/language-code-not-reflecting-in-theme/14968/3 "2025-03-05T14:53:46Z")

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Hi @rax

I’ve finaly found a workaround into this issue, but there were 2 changes needed:

- First I needed to change edx-platform code to use settings LANGUAGE\_CODE instead of “en” by default when there is no language cookie. There’s a discuss post on this fact [Language Configuration Issue on Authn MFE Page - Site Operators - Open edX discussions](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/language-configuration-issue-on-authn-mfe-page/12958/2)
- Then I needed to change my MFE to integrate the new ATLAS language processes, so I needed to fork openedx-language to add some custom strings and [setup ATLAS\_REVISION and ATLAS\_REPOSITORY](https://docs.tutor.edly.io/configuration.html#getting-and-customizing-translations) (if you don’t have customized strings I believe you won’t need this change)

Hope this help you to find the solution to your issue

Good luck!

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