diff --git a/pkg/locale/context.go b/pkg/locale/context.go
index 1c63578fa..5e5e80d03 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/context.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/context.go
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ func GetLanguageFromContext(ctx context.Context) language.Tag {
 	if tag, ok := ctx.Value(language.Tag{}).(language.Tag); ok {
 		return tag
 	} else {
-		return language.Tag{}
+		return defaultLanguage
 	}
 }