diff --git a/packages/client/src/config.ts b/packages/client/src/config.ts
index fb71e422..0a523f87 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const apiUrl = `${url}/api`;
 export const wsUrl = `${url
 	.replace("http://", "ws://")
 	.replace("https://", "wss://")}/streaming`;
-export const lang = localStorage.getItem("lang")?.split("-")[0] ?? "en";
+export const lang = localStorage.getItem("lang") ?? "en-US";
 export const langs = _LANGS_;
 export const locale = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("locale") || "en-US");
 export const version = _VERSION_;
diff --git a/packages/client/src/init.ts b/packages/client/src/init.ts
index b944fb42..061185a7 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/init.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ function checkForSplash() {
 	// #region Set lang attr
 	const html = document.documentElement;
 	html.setAttribute("lang", lang ?? "en-US");
-	html.setAttribute("dir", langmap[lang].rtl === true ? "rtl" : "ltr");
+	html.setAttribute(
+		"dir",
+		langmap[lang.split("-", 1)[0]].rtl === true ? "rtl" : "ltr",
+	);
 	// #endregion
 
 	// #region loginId