diff --git a/src/BasePlatform.ts b/src/BasePlatform.ts
index b6012d7597..b7bc502dca 100644
--- a/src/BasePlatform.ts
+++ b/src/BasePlatform.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ export default abstract class BasePlatform {
         return null;
     }
 
-    setLanguage(preferredLangs: string[]) {}
+    async setLanguage(language: string) {
+        throw new Error("Unimplemented");
+    }
 
     setSpellCheckLanguages(preferredLangs: string[]) {}
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
index b1ad9f3d23..861e5cb1f8 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ export default class GeneralUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
 
         SettingsStore.setValue("language", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, newLanguage);
         this.setState({language: newLanguage});
-        PlatformPeg.get().reload();
+        const platform = PlatformPeg.get();
+        if (platform) {
+            platform.reload();
+            platform.setLanguage(newLanguage);
+        }
     };
 
     _onSpellCheckLanguagesChange = (languages) => {