diff --git a/openslides/global_settings.py b/openslides/global_settings.py
index adb51aea7..94f900059 100644
--- a/openslides/global_settings.py
+++ b/openslides/global_settings.py
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
 )
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'openslides.participant.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'openslides.urls'
diff --git a/openslides/participant/forms.py b/openslides/participant/forms.py
index 8085f313f..854abe91e 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/forms.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from openslides.utils.forms import (
     CssClassMixin, LocalizedModelMultipleChoiceField)
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class GroupForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
 
 
 class UsersettingsForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
+    language = forms.ChoiceField(choices=settings.LANGUAGES)
+
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'gender', 'email', 'committee', 'about_me')
diff --git a/openslides/participant/views.py b/openslides/participant/views.py
index 9081ec87b..bae5f0a69 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/views.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/views.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordChangeForm
 from django.contrib.auth.views import login as django_login
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, ugettext_lazy
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, ugettext_lazy, activate
 
 from openslides.utils.pdf import stylesheet
 from openslides.utils.template import Tab
@@ -496,11 +496,15 @@ def user_settings(request):
         form_user = UsersettingsForm(request.POST, instance=request.user)
         if form_user.is_valid():
             form_user.save()
+            language = request.LANGUAGE_CODE = \
+                request.session['django_language'] = form_user.cleaned_data['language']
+            activate(language)
             messages.success(request, _('User settings successfully saved.'))
         else:
             messages.error(request, _('Please check the form for errors.'))
     else:
-        form_user = UsersettingsForm(instance=request.user)
+        language = request.session.get('django_language', request.LANGUAGE_CODE)
+        form_user = UsersettingsForm(instance=request.user, initial={'language': language})
 
     return {
         'form_user': form_user,