diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 6f3a3188f..6e7fd969f 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ else
 
 if ( !file_exists(@realpath(PHPWG_ROOT_PATH . 'language/' . $language . '/install.lang.php')) )
 {
-  $language = 'en_EN';
+  $language = 'en_UK.iso-8859-1';
 }
 
 include( './language/'.$language.'/common.lang.php' );