diff --git a/unisportomat/unisportomat/settings.py b/unisportomat/unisportomat/settings.py
index f4fdefc869a206c673cc06dc07158fccac340523..9e0c49184f1e8757abc5028a695ad2c5eb9c5fdb 100644
--- a/unisportomat/unisportomat/settings.py
+++ b/unisportomat/unisportomat/settings.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "de"
 
 TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
 
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ LANGUAGES = (
     ("en", gettext("English")),
 )
 
+# Modeltranslations Default Language != Djangos Default languages (see LANGUAGE_CODE above)
 MODELTRANSLATION_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = "de"
 
+MODELTRANSLATION_FALLBACK_LANGUAGES = ("de",)
+
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/