diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/i18n.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/i18n.js
index 6efa12644..87afc3ebc 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/i18n.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/i18n.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RED.i18n = (function() {
 
         },
         loadNodeCatalog: function(namespace,done) {
-            var languageList = i18n.functions.toLanguages(i18n.detectLanguage());
+            var languageList = i18n.functions.toLanguages(localStorage.getItem("editor-language")||i18n.detectLanguage());
             var toLoad = languageList.length;
             languageList.forEach(function(lang) {
                 $.ajax({
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ RED.i18n = (function() {
         },
 
         loadNodeCatalogs: function(done) {
-            var languageList = i18n.functions.toLanguages(i18n.detectLanguage());
+            var languageList = i18n.functions.toLanguages(localStorage.getItem("editor-language")||i18n.detectLanguage());
             var toLoad = languageList.length;
 
             languageList.forEach(function(lang) {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
index 7d8257da8..e7613103d 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/red.js
@@ -107,9 +107,12 @@ var RED = (function() {
     }
 
     function loadNodes() {
+        var lang = localStorage.getItem("editor-language")||i18n.detectLanguage();
+
         $.ajax({
             headers: {
-                "Accept":"text/html"
+                "Accept":"text/html",
+                "Accept-Language": lang
             },
             cache: false,
             url: 'nodes',