diff --git a/src/loading-scene.ts b/src/loading-scene.ts
index 0b15358c4bc..7c108a3c30e 100644
--- a/src/loading-scene.ts
+++ b/src/loading-scene.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class LoadingScene extends SceneBase {
     this.loadAtlas("types", "");
 
     // Get current lang and load the types atlas for it. English will only load types while all other languages will load types and types_<lang>
-    const lang = i18next.language;
+    const lang = i18next.resolvedLanguage;
     if (lang !== "en") {
       if (Utils.verifyLang(lang)) {
         this.loadAtlas(`types_${lang}`, "");
diff --git a/src/ui/fight-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/fight-ui-handler.ts
index 22a0acb14ae..acbf66b7075 100644
--- a/src/ui/fight-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/fight-ui-handler.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default class FightUiHandler extends UiHandler {
     this.movesContainer = this.scene.add.container(18, -38.7);
     ui.add(this.movesContainer);
 
-    this.typeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite((this.scene.game.canvas.width / 6) - 57, -36,`types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}` , "unknown");
+    this.typeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite((this.scene.game.canvas.width / 6) - 57, -36,`types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}` , "unknown");
     this.typeIcon.setVisible(false);
     ui.add(this.typeIcon);
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export default class FightUiHandler extends UiHandler {
 
     if (hasMove) {
       const pokemonMove = moveset[cursor];
-      this.typeIcon.setTexture(`types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`, Type[pokemonMove.getMove().type].toLowerCase()).setScale(0.8);
+      this.typeIcon.setTexture(`types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`, Type[pokemonMove.getMove().type].toLowerCase()).setScale(0.8);
       this.moveCategoryIcon.setTexture("categories", MoveCategory[pokemonMove.getMove().category].toLowerCase()).setScale(1.0);
 
       const power = pokemonMove.getMove().power;
diff --git a/src/ui/pokemon-info-container.ts b/src/ui/pokemon-info-container.ts
index cf4c94e1164..b731b0d22b4 100644
--- a/src/ui/pokemon-info-container.ts
+++ b/src/ui/pokemon-info-container.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default class PokemonInfoContainer extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
   }
 
   setup(): void {
-    const currentLanguage = i18next.language;
+    const currentLanguage = i18next.resolvedLanguage;
     const langSettingKey = Object.keys(languageSettings).find(lang => currentLanguage.includes(lang));
     const textSettings = languageSettings[langSettingKey];
     const infoBg = addWindow(this.scene, 0, 0, this.infoWindowWidth, 132);
diff --git a/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
index 3faec4bfcc6..abba4a081df 100644
--- a/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/starter-select-ui-handler.ts
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export default class StarterSelectUiHandler extends MessageUiHandler {
 
   setup() {
     const ui = this.getUi();
-    const currentLanguage = i18next.language;
+    const currentLanguage = i18next.resolvedLanguage;
     const langSettingKey = Object.keys(languageSettings).find(lang => currentLanguage.includes(lang));
     const textSettings = languageSettings[langSettingKey];
 
@@ -518,11 +518,11 @@ export default class StarterSelectUiHandler extends MessageUiHandler {
     this.pokemonSprite.setPipeline(this.scene.spritePipeline, { tone: [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ], ignoreTimeTint: true });
     this.starterSelectContainer.add(this.pokemonSprite);
 
-    this.type1Icon = this.scene.add.sprite(8, 98, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`);    this.type1Icon.setScale(0.5);
+    this.type1Icon = this.scene.add.sprite(8, 98, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`);    this.type1Icon.setScale(0.5);
     this.type1Icon.setOrigin(0, 0);
     this.starterSelectContainer.add(this.type1Icon);
 
-    this.type2Icon = this.scene.add.sprite(26, 98, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`);    this.type2Icon.setScale(0.5);
+    this.type2Icon = this.scene.add.sprite(26, 98, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`);    this.type2Icon.setScale(0.5);
     this.type2Icon.setOrigin(0, 0);
     this.starterSelectContainer.add(this.type2Icon);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/summary-ui-handler.ts b/src/ui/summary-ui-handler.ts
index 32f5bffeb1b..1133e7a755c 100644
--- a/src/ui/summary-ui-handler.ts
+++ b/src/ui/summary-ui-handler.ts
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ export default class SummaryUiHandler extends UiHandler {
       const getTypeIcon = (index: integer, type: Type, tera: boolean = false) => {
         const xCoord = 39 + 34 * index;
         const typeIcon = !tera
-          ? this.scene.add.sprite(xCoord, 42, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`, Type[type].toLowerCase())          : this.scene.add.sprite(xCoord, 42, "type_tera");
+          ? this.scene.add.sprite(xCoord, 42, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`, Type[type].toLowerCase())          : this.scene.add.sprite(xCoord, 42, "type_tera");
         if (tera) {
           typeIcon.setScale(0.5);
           const typeRgb = getTypeRgb(type);
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ export default class SummaryUiHandler extends UiHandler {
 
       if (this.summaryUiMode === SummaryUiMode.LEARN_MOVE) {
         this.extraMoveRowContainer.setVisible(true);
-        const newMoveTypeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite(0, 0, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`, Type[this.newMove.type].toLowerCase());
+        const newMoveTypeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite(0, 0, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`, Type[this.newMove.type].toLowerCase());
         newMoveTypeIcon.setOrigin(0, 1);
         this.extraMoveRowContainer.add(newMoveTypeIcon);
 
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ export default class SummaryUiHandler extends UiHandler {
         this.moveRowsContainer.add(moveRowContainer);
 
         if (move) {
-          const typeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite(0, 0, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.language) ? `_${i18next.language}` : ""}`, Type[move.getMove().type].toLowerCase());          typeIcon.setOrigin(0, 1);
+          const typeIcon = this.scene.add.sprite(0, 0, `types${Utils.verifyLang(i18next.resolvedLanguage) ? `_${i18next.resolvedLanguage}` : ""}`, Type[move.getMove().type].toLowerCase());          typeIcon.setOrigin(0, 1);
           moveRowContainer.add(typeIcon);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/text.ts b/src/ui/text.ts
index 4e76386aae7..56e1b492dfa 100644
--- a/src/ui/text.ts
+++ b/src/ui/text.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function addTextInputObject(scene: Phaser.Scene, x: number, y: number, wi
 }
 
 function getTextStyleOptions(style: TextStyle, uiTheme: UiTheme, extraStyleOptions?: Phaser.Types.GameObjects.Text.TextStyle): [ Phaser.Types.GameObjects.Text.TextStyle | InputText.IConfig, string, number, number ] {
-  const lang = i18next.language;
+  const lang = i18next.resolvedLanguage;
   let shadowXpos = 4;
   let shadowYpos = 5;
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index adfe0b0df20..6d965369ca3 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ English itself counts as not available
 export function verifyLang(lang?: string): boolean {
   //IMPORTANT - ONLY ADD YOUR LANG HERE IF YOU'VE ALREADY ADDED ALL THE NECESSARY IMAGES
   if (!lang) {
-    lang = i18next.language;
+    lang = i18next.resolvedLanguage;
   }
 
   switch (lang) {