diff --git a/frontend/project.inlang/settings.json b/frontend/project.inlang/settings.json
index e9026661..4d67c1ca 100644
--- a/frontend/project.inlang/settings.json
+++ b/frontend/project.inlang/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://inlang.com/schema/project-settings",
-  "baseLocale": "en",
+  "baseLocale": "en-US",
   "locales": [
     "en-US",
     "nl-NL"