@@ -152,7 +152,14 @@ outgoing_proxies = settings['outgoing'].get('proxies') or None
152152
153153@babel.localeselector
154154def get_locale():
155− locale = request.accept_languages.best_match(settings['locales'].keys())
155+ locale = "en-US"
156+
157+ for lang in request.headers.get("Accept-Language", locale).split(","):
158+ locale = match_language(lang, settings['locales'].keys(), fallback=None)
159+ if locale is not None:
160+ break
161+
162+ logger.debug("default locale from browser info is `%s`", locale)
156163
157164 if request.preferences.get_value('locale') != '':
158165 locale = request.preferences.get_value('locale')
@@ -164,6 +171,8 @@ def get_locale():
164171 if locale == 'zh_TW':
165172 locale = 'zh_Hant_TW'
166173
174+ logger.debug("selected locale is `%s`", locale)
175+
167176 return locale
168177
169178
@@ -342,7 +351,9 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
342351 if 'autocomplete' not in kwargs:
343352 kwargs['autocomplete'] = request.preferences.get_value('autocomplete')
344353
345− if get_locale() in rtl_locales and 'rtl' not in kwargs:
354+ locale = request.preferences.get_value('locale')
355+
356+ if locale in rtl_locales and 'rtl' not in kwargs:
346357 kwargs['rtl'] = True
347358
348359 kwargs['searx_version'] = VERSION_STRING
@@ -355,7 +366,7 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
355366 if 'current_language' not in kwargs:
356367 kwargs['current_language'] = match_language(request.preferences.get_value('language'),
357368 LANGUAGE_CODES,
358− fallback=settings['search']['language'])
369+ fallback=locale)
359370
360371 # override url_for function in templates
361372 kwargs['url_for'] = url_for_theme
@@ -423,6 +434,13 @@ def pre_request():
423434 logger.exception('invalid settings')
424435 request.errors.append(gettext('Invalid settings'))
425436
437+ # init search language and locale
438+ locale = get_locale()
439+ if not preferences.get_value("language"):
440+ preferences.parse_dict({"language": locale})
441+ if not preferences.get_value("locale"):
442+ preferences.parse_dict({"locale": locale})
443+
426444 # request.user_plugins
427445 request.user_plugins = []
428446 allowed_plugins = preferences.plugins.get_enabled()
@@ -593,7 +611,7 @@ def index():
593611 unresponsive_engines=result_container.unresponsive_engines,
594612 current_language=match_language(search_query.lang,
595613 LANGUAGE_CODES,
596− fallback=settings['search']['language']),
614+ fallback=request.preferences.get_value("language")),
597615 base_url=get_base_url(),
598616 theme=get_current_theme_name(),
599617 favicons=global_favicons[themes.index(get_current_theme_name())]
@@ -702,7 +720,7 @@ def preferences():
702720
703721 return render('preferences.html',
704722 locales=settings['locales'],
705− current_locale=get_locale(),
723+ current_locale=request.preferences.get_value("locale"),
706724 image_proxy=image_proxy,
707725 engines_by_category=categories,
708726 stats=stats,