diff --git a/src/services/i18n.ts b/src/services/i18n.ts
index c7680dfb2..5754bc4eb 100644
--- a/src/services/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/services/i18n.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function initializeTranslations() {
 function getCurrentLanguage() {
   let language;
   if (sql_init.isDbInitialized()) {
-    language = options.getOption("locale");  
+    language = options.getOptionOrNull("locale");  
   }
 
   if (!language) {