diff --git a/src/vector/index.html b/src/vector/index.html
index 8568d96a92..f930b6d23f 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.html
+++ b/src/vector/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
Riot
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index 46ef706eeb..fe326e16e3 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ async function loadLanguage() {
}
try {
await languageHandler.setLanguage(langs);
+ document.getElementById("root").setAttribute("lang", languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage());
} catch (e) {
console.error("Unable to set language", e);
}