diff --git a/lib/i18n.php b/lib/i18n.php
index c788f2ea..b5670258 100644
--- a/lib/i18n.php
+++ b/lib/i18n.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class i18n
         // check if the lang cookie was set and that language exists
         if (array_key_exists('lang', $_COOKIE) && in_array($_COOKIE['lang'], $availableLanguages))
         {
-            $match = $_COOKIE['lang'];
+            $match = $availableLanguages[$_COOKIE['lang']];
         }
         // find a translation file matching the browsers language preferences
         else