diff --git a/conf/config.inc.php b/conf/config.inc.php
index 4e016d3..9b4d354 100644
--- a/conf/config.inc.php
+++ b/conf/config.inc.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ $config['skin'] = 'elastic';
 
 // the default locale setting (leave empty for auto-detection)
 // RFC1766 formatted language name like en_US, de_DE, de_CH, fr_FR, pt_BR
-$config['language'] = __LANGUAGE__;
+$config['language'] = '__LANGUAGE__';
 
 // use this format for date display (date or strftime format)
 $config['date_format'] = 'd-m-Y';