diff --git a/examples/simple_index.html b/examples/simple_index.html
index e0c0ee61..78a8e98d 100644
--- a/examples/simple_index.html
+++ b/examples/simple_index.html
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ <h1>Nothing to see here, open a debug console in your browser to see the interes
       let input_value = 'Mo-Tu,Do-Fr 10:00-20:00; Samstag und Sonntag geschlossen';
 
       // Language for the warnings (get it from the browser settings).
-      let locale = navigator.language.split('-')[0];
-      
+      let locale = navigator.language;
+
       // Create opening_hours object.
       let oh = new opening_hours(input_value, {}, { 'locale': locale });
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1fc1ed12..1126bf49 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ export default function(value, nominatim_object, optional_conf_parm) {
     /* }}} */
 
     /* Translation function {{{ */
-    /* Roughly compatibly to i18next so we can replace everything by i18next include later
-     * sprintf support
+    /* Roughly compatibly to i18next so we can replace everything by i18next with
+     * sprintf support.
      */
     var locale = 'en'; // Default locale
     if (typeof i18n === 'object') {
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ export default function(value, nominatim_object, optional_conf_parm) {
     if (typeof optional_conf_parm === 'number') {
         oh_mode = optional_conf_parm;
     } else if (typeof optional_conf_parm === 'object') {
-        locale = optional_conf_parm['locale'];
+        if (typeof optional_conf_parm['locale'] === 'string') {
+            /* TODO: The split thing is obviously a workaround. */
+            locale = optional_conf_parm['locale'].split('-')[0];
+        }
         if (checkOptionalConfParm('mode', 'number')) {
             oh_mode = optional_conf_parm['mode'];
         }