diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e85d68b..7cc5d7d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ Version 0.0.6
 
 - fixed Bug that channel info was not shown when displaying reruns with
   epgsearch
+- using VDRs OSD Language instead of system language
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 71c9387..b13c358 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cDesignerConfig::cDesignerConfig() {
     SetSkin();
     SetOSDSize();
     SetOSDFonts();
+    osdLanguage = Setup.OSDLanguage;
 }
 
 cDesignerConfig::~cDesignerConfig() {
@@ -157,6 +158,14 @@ bool cDesignerConfig::OsdFontsChanged(void) {
     return changed;
 }
 
+bool cDesignerConfig::OsdLanguageChanged(void) {
+    if (osdLanguage.compare(Setup.OSDLanguage)) {
+        osdLanguage = Setup.OSDLanguage;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 cString cDesignerConfig::GetSkinRessourcePath(void) {
     return cString::sprintf("%s%s", *skinPath, osdSkin.c_str());
 }
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index fe5c991..e5f2c7d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ private:
     string fontFix;
     string fontOsd;
     string fontSml;
+    string osdLanguage;
     map < string, map < int, string > > plugins;
     map < string, map < int, string > >::iterator plugIt;
 public:
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public:
     bool OsdSizeChanged(void);
     void SetOSDFonts(void);
     bool OsdFontsChanged(void);
+    bool OsdLanguageChanged(void);
     cString GetSkinRessourcePath(void);
     void AddPlugin(string name, map < int, string > &menus);
     void InitPluginIterator(void);
diff --git a/designer.c b/designer.c
index 5da39d6..be6f874 100644
--- a/designer.c
+++ b/designer.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void cSkinDesigner::ListCustomTokens(void) {
 * PRIVATE FUNCTIONS
 *********************************************************************************/    
 void cSkinDesigner::Init(void) {
-    if (init || config.OsdSizeChanged() || config.SkinChanged()) {
+    if (init || config.OsdSizeChanged() || config.SkinChanged() || config.OsdLanguageChanged()) {
         
         if (init) {
             config.SetSkin();
diff --git a/libtemplate/globals.c b/libtemplate/globals.c
index 9e9ce5f..af83da2 100644
--- a/libtemplate/globals.c
+++ b/libtemplate/globals.c
@@ -6,18 +6,7 @@ cGlobals::cGlobals(void) {
     fonts.insert(pair<string, string>("vdrOsd", Setup.FontOsd));
     fonts.insert(pair<string, string>("vdrFix", Setup.FontFix));
     fonts.insert(pair<string, string>("vdrSml", Setup.FontSml));
-
-    string loc = setlocale(LC_NAME, NULL);
-    size_t index = loc.find_first_of(".");
-    string langISO = "";
-    if (index > 0) {
-        langISO = loc.substr(0, index);
-    }
-    if (langISO.size() == 5) {
-        language = langISO.c_str();
-    } else {
-        language = "en_EN";
-    }
+    language = Setup.OSDLanguage;
     dsyslog("skindesigner: using language %s", language.c_str());
 }