diff --git a/config/locales/client.de.yml b/config/locales/client.de.yml
index 4a68b7dd402..3499f0a50a8 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.de.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file contains content for the client portion of Discourse, sent out
 # to the Javascript app.
 
-en:
+de:
   js:
     share:
       topic: 'teile einen Link zu diesem Thema'
diff --git a/config/locales/server.de.yml b/config/locales/server.de.yml
index d05702ca84c..b1d128fab16 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.de.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-en:
+de:
   title: "Discourse"
   topics: "Themen"
   loading: "Lädt"