1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbsettings.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbsettings.cpp
index 38ed542ee7..d1f90ea7f6 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbsettings.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbsettings.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,13 @@ QString RbSettings::curVoiceName()
 
 QString RbSettings::curLang()
 {
-    return userSettings->value("lang").toString();
+    // QSettings::value only returns the default when the setting
+    // doesn't exist. Make sure to return the system language if
+    // the language in the configuration is present but empty too.
+    QString lang = userSettings->value("lang").toString();
+    if(lang.isEmpty())
+        lang = QLocale::system().name();
+    return lang;
 }
 
 QString RbSettings::curEncoder()