diff --git a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
index f362048e35..73b4a73650 100644
--- a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
+++ b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ database:
   #HOST: ''
   #PORT: ''
 
+# Select default system language (default is 'en_us')
+language: en-us
+
 # Set debug to False to run in production mode
 debug: True