diff --git a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
index cb2ee1f..f3c0339 100644
--- a/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
+++ b/tmdb/tmdb_api.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class TmdbApi():
         self.overview = None
         self.web_url = None
         self.vote_average = None
-        self.language = 'de'
+        self.language = 'en'
 
         self.valid = False