diff --git a/wgui/src/i18n.rs b/wgui/src/i18n.rs
index e2384bef..8fcad26b 100644
--- a/wgui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -123,13 +123,7 @@ impl Locale {
 
 		// check if forced language is set
 		if let Some(forced_lang) = lang_provider.forced_lang() {
-			let matched =
-				Self::match_locale(default_lang, forced_lang, None, lang_provider.langs_list().all_locale()).to_string();
-			return Self {
-				lang: forced_lang.to_string(),
-				region: None,
-				matched,
-			};
+			return Self::parse_str(lang_provider.langs_list(), forced_lang);
 		}
 
 		// fallback to environment variables
diff --git a/wlx-common/src/locale.rs b/wlx-common/src/locale.rs
index 7679c47b..66e31fb1 100644
--- a/wlx-common/src/locale.rs
+++ b/wlx-common/src/locale.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use crate::config::GeneralConfig;
 pub enum Language {
 	#[strum(props(Text = "English"))]
 	English,
+	#[strum(props(Text = "British"))]
+	British,
 	#[strum(props(Text = "Polski"))]
 	Polish,
 	#[strum(props(Text = "日本語"))]
@@ -26,13 +28,14 @@ pub enum Language {
 impl Language {
 	pub const fn code(&self) -> &'static str {
 		match self {
-			Language::English => "en",
-			Language::Polish => "pl",
-			Language::Japanese => "ja",
-			Language::German => "de",
-			Language::Italian => "it",
+			Language::English => "en_US",
+			Language::British => "en_GB",
+			Language::Polish => "pl_PL",
+			Language::Japanese => "ja_JP",
+			Language::German => "de_DE",
+			Language::Italian => "it_IT",
 			Language::ChineseSimplified => "zh_CN",
-			Language::Spanish => "es",
+			Language::Spanish => "es_ES",
 		}
 	}