diff --git a/src/i18n.ts b/src/i18n.ts
index a0222ed2..76768df7 100644
--- a/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/i18n.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Backend as ElectronFsBackend } from './services/libs/i18n/i18next-elect
 
 export async function initI18N(): Promise<void> {
   const isDevelopment = await window.service.context.get('isDevelopment');
+  const language = await window.service.preference.get('language');
   await i18n
     .use(ElectronFsBackend)
     .use(initReactI18next)
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ export async function initI18N(): Promise<void> {
       saveMissing: isDevelopment,
       saveMissingTo: 'current',
       // namespace: 'translation',
-      lng: 'zh_CN', // we switch to language set in preference later, in src/main.ts
+      lng: language,
       fallbackLng: isDevelopment ? false : 'en',
     });
-  window.i18n.i18nextElectronBackend.onLanguageChange(async (language: string) => {
-    await i18n.changeLanguage(language, (error?: Error) => {
+  window.i18n.i18nextElectronBackend.onLanguageChange(async (language: { lng: string }) => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage(language.lng, (error?: Error) => {
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/strict-boolean-expressions
       if (error) {
         console.error(error);
diff --git a/src/services/libs/i18n/preloadBindings.ts b/src/services/libs/i18n/preloadBindings.ts
index 7cd2b49b..a17d0a87 100644
--- a/src/services/libs/i18n/preloadBindings.ts
+++ b/src/services/libs/i18n/preloadBindings.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const preloadBindings = function (
 ): {
   send: (channel: I18NChannels, readWriteFileArgs: IReadWriteFileRequest) => Promise<void>;
   onReceive: (channel: I18NChannels, callback: (readWriteFileArgs: IReadWriteFileRequest) => void) => void;
-  onLanguageChange: (callback: (language: string) => unknown) => void;
+  onLanguageChange: (callback: (language: { lng: string }) => unknown) => void;
 } {
   return {
     send: async (channel: I18NChannels, readWriteFileArgs: IReadWriteFileRequest): Promise<void> => {
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export const preloadBindings = function (
         ipcRenderer.on(channel, (_event: IpcRendererEvent, arguments_: IReadWriteFileRequest) => callback(arguments_));
       }
     },
-    onLanguageChange: (callback: (language: string) => unknown) => {
+    onLanguageChange: (callback: (language: { lng: string }) => unknown) => {
       // Deliberately strip event as it includes "sender"
-      ipcRenderer.on(I18NChannels.changeLanguageRequest, (_event: IpcRendererEvent, language: string) => {
+      ipcRenderer.on(I18NChannels.changeLanguageRequest, (_event: IpcRendererEvent, language: { lng: string }) => {
         callback(language);
       });
     },