diff --git a/src/BasePlatform.ts b/src/BasePlatform.ts
index 9ac35092a7..2af2ea51c5 100644
--- a/src/BasePlatform.ts
+++ b/src/BasePlatform.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ export default abstract class BasePlatform {
 
     setLanguage(preferredLangs: string[]) {}
 
+    setSpellCheckLanguages(preferredLangs: string[]) {}
+
     getAvailableSpellCheckLanguages(): Promise<string[]> | null {
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
index 8d06ea3b36..6ed887d749 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -188,10 +188,7 @@ export default class GeneralUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
         SettingsStore.setValue("spell-check-languages", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, languages);
         this.setState({spellCheckLanguages: languages})
         
-        const plaf = PlatformPeg.get();
-        if (plaf) {
-            plaf.setLanguage(languages);
-        }
+        languageHandler.setSpellCheckLanguages(languages);
     };
 
     _onPasswordChangeError = (err) => {
diff --git a/src/languageHandler.tsx b/src/languageHandler.tsx
index b827e83ded..38d3c8347a 100644
--- a/src/languageHandler.tsx
+++ b/src/languageHandler.tsx
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ export function setLanguage(preferredLangs: string | string[]) {
 export function setSpellCheckLanguages(preferredLangs: string[]) {
     const plaf = PlatformPeg.get();
     if (plaf) {
-        plaf.setLanguage(preferredLangs);
+        plaf.setSpellCheckLanguages(preferredLangs);
     }
 }