diff --git a/lib/i18n.php b/lib/i18n.php
index 651114a4..65f25b6a 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 = $availableLanguages['lang'];
+            $match = $availableLanguages[array_search($_COOKIE['lang'], $availableLanguages)];
         }
         // find a translation file matching the browsers language preferences
         else