diff --git a/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx b/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
index 57f1313cb..20f0c72f5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/primitives/template-flow/add-template-settings.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export const AddTemplateSettingsFormPartial = ({
         distributionMethod:
           template.templateMeta?.distributionMethod || DocumentDistributionMethod.EMAIL,
         redirectUrl: template.templateMeta?.redirectUrl ?? '',
-        language: template.templateMeta?.language ?? 'en',
+        language: template.templateMeta?.language ?? 'de',
         emailSettings: ZDocumentEmailSettingsSchema.parse(template?.templateMeta?.emailSettings),
         signatureTypes: extractTeamSignatureSettings(template?.templateMeta),
       },