diff --git a/searx/preferences.py b/searx/preferences.py
index 045f0e8c..4436b8fe 100644
--- a/searx/preferences.py
+++ b/searx/preferences.py
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ class Preferences(object):
         super(Preferences, self).__init__()
 
         self.key_value_settings = {'categories': MultipleChoiceSetting(['general'], choices=categories),
-                                   'language': EnumStringSetting('all', choices=LANGUAGE_CODES),
+                                   'language': EnumStringSetting(settings['search']['language'],
+                                                                 choices=LANGUAGE_CODES),
                                    'locale': EnumStringSetting(settings['ui']['default_locale'],
                                                                choices=settings['locales'].keys() + ['']),
                                    'autocomplete': EnumStringSetting(settings['search']['autocomplete'],
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 573cf545..733341c3 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ general:
 search:
     safe_search : 0 # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
     autocomplete : "" # Existing autocomplete backends: "dbpedia", "duckduckgo", "google", "startpage", "wikipedia" - leave blank to turn it off by default
+    language : "all"
 
 server:
     port : 8888
diff --git a/searx/settings_robot.yml b/searx/settings_robot.yml
index 43dc9b00..7d270144 100644
--- a/searx/settings_robot.yml
+++ b/searx/settings_robot.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ general:
 search:
     safe_search : 0
     autocomplete : ""
+    language: "all"
 
 server:
     port : 11111