diff --git a/local/config/vufind/config.ini b/local/config/vufind/config.ini
index 65a2351863756833a47240e3ced3dcebf53208ce..440992db7ab222a1f3671b293eb8487ca3b90f0d 100644
--- a/local/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/local/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ theme           = blueprint
 ;selectable_themes = "standard:Standard Theme,mobile:Mobile Theme"
 ; Use the browser language setting to set the VuFind language.
 browserDetectLanguage = true
-language        = de    ; default -- more options available in [Languages] below.
+language        = de-finc    ; default -- more options available in [Languages] below.
 locale          = de_DE
 ; Find valid timezone values here:
 ;   http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ skip_numeric = true
 [Languages]
 en          = "English"              ; American spellings
 ;en-gb       = "English"              ; British spellings
-de          = "German"
+de-finc          = "German"
 ;es          = "Spanish"
 ;fr          = "French"
 ;it          = "Italian"