diff --git a/client/src/stores/user.ts b/client/src/stores/user.ts
index f8b1ac5d..587b13f4 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/user.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/user.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import log from "loglevel";
 
 import { bustItGetCache, itGetCached, itPost } from "@/fetchHelpers";
 import { loadLocaleMessages, setI18nLanguage } from "@/i18n";
-import { usePreferredLanguages } from "@vueuse/core";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import { defineStore } from "pinia";
 
@@ -32,16 +31,18 @@ export type UserState = {
   language: AvailableLanguages;
 };
 
-const languages = usePreferredLanguages();
-
-const isAvailableLanguage = (language: string): language is AvailableLanguages => {
-  return language in AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES;
-};
-
 let defaultLanguage: AvailableLanguages = "de";
 const AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES = ["de", "fr", "it"];
 
-for (const language of languages.value) {
+const isAvailableLanguage = (language: string): language is AvailableLanguages => {
+  return AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES.includes(language);
+};
+
+const languagesWithoutCountryCode = navigator.languages.map(
+  (lang) => lang.split("-")[0]
+);
+
+for (const language of languagesWithoutCountryCode) {
   if (isAvailableLanguage(language)) {
     defaultLanguage = language;
     break;