diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Input.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Input.cpp
index d1c03f35..aab9a9a6 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Input.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Input.cpp
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static void menuactionpress(void)
             loc::languagelist_curlang = game.currentmenuoption;
             loc::lang = loc::languagelist[game.currentmenuoption].code;
             loc::loadtext(false);
-            loc::lang_set = true;
+            loc::lang_set = loc::lang_set_current;
             graphics.grphx.init_translations();
         }
 
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Localization.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Localization.cpp
index 150d620c..0aa11a69 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Localization.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Localization.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 namespace loc
 {
 
-bool lang_set = false;
+int lang_set = 0;
 bool pre_title_lang_menu = false;
 
 std::string lang = "en";
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Localization.h b/desktop_version/src/Localization.h
index defa7d93..2ec6c94e 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Localization.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Localization.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ struct TextboxFormat
     unsigned short padtowidth; // pad to X pixels (0 to disable)
 };
 
-extern bool lang_set;
+extern int lang_set;
+static const int lang_set_current = 2;
 extern bool pre_title_lang_menu;
 
 extern std::string lang;
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
index c947536f..18f72297 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         game.gamestate = TITLEMODE;
     if (game.slowdown == 0) game.slowdown = 30;
 
-    if (!loc::lang_set && !loc::languagelist.empty())
+    if (loc::lang_set < loc::lang_set_current && !loc::languagelist.empty())
     {
         loc::pre_title_lang_menu = true;
         game.gamestate = TITLEMODE;