# Changing default locale with incomplete locale file resulted in white page and error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-locale-with-incomplete-locale-file-resulted-in-white-page-and-error/41927>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2. April 2016 um 11:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-locale-with-incomplete-locale-file-resulted-in-white-page-and-error/41927 "2016-04-02T11:54:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Post date:** [2. April 2016 um 13:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-locale-with-incomplete-locale-file-resulted-in-white-page-and-error/41927/4 "2016-04-02T13:10:07Z")

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Strange, I don’t see “HU” locale on my local Discourse instance, or here on meta.

Anyways to fix this issue, run these commands on your server:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rails c
SiteSetting.default_locale = 'en'

```

This should change your locale back to English.

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