diff --git a/schon/settings/base.py b/schon/settings/base.py
index 9bd561bf..0ea95c1a 100644
--- a/schon/settings/base.py
+++ b/schon/settings/base.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ LANGUAGES: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
     ("zh-hans", "简体中文"),
 )
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE: str = "en-gb"
+LANGUAGE_CODE: str = getenv("SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE", "en-gb")
 
 LANGUAGES_FLAGS: dict[str, str] = {
     "ar-ar": "🇸🇦",
diff --git a/scripts/Unix/generate-environment-file.sh b/scripts/Unix/generate-environment-file.sh
index 32598577..9a1a740c 100755
--- a/scripts/Unix/generate-environment-file.sh
+++ b/scripts/Unix/generate-environment-file.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN=$(prompt_default SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN schon.wiseless.xyz)
 SENTRY_DSN=$(prompt_default SENTRY_DSN "")
 DEBUG=$(prompt_default DEBUG 1)
 TIME_ZONE=$(prompt_default TIME_ZONE "Europe/London")
+SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE=$(prompt_default SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE "en-gb")
 
 SECRET_KEY=$(prompt_autogen SECRET_KEY 32)
 JWT_SIGNING_KEY=$(prompt_autogen JWT_SIGNING_KEY 64)
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ SCHON_STOREFRONT_DOMAIN="${SCHON_STOREFRONT_DOMAIN}"
 SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN="${SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN}"
 SENTRY_DSN="${SENTRY_DSN}"
 DEBUG=${DEBUG}
+TIME_ZONE="${TIME_ZONE}"
+SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE="${SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE}"
 
 SECRET_KEY="${SECRET_KEY}"
 JWT_SIGNING_KEY="${JWT_SIGNING_KEY}"
diff --git a/scripts/Windows/generate-environment-file.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/generate-environment-file.ps1
index 3c3d0449..fa158e71 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/generate-environment-file.ps1
+++ b/scripts/Windows/generate-environment-file.ps1
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ $SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN = Prompt-Default 'SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN'             'schon.wisel
 $SENTRY_DSN = Prompt-Default 'SENTRY_DSN'                      ''
 $DEBUG = Prompt-Default 'DEBUG'                                '1'
 $TIME_ZONE = Prompt-Default 'TIME_ZONE'                        'Europe/London'
+$SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE = Prompt-Default 'SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE'    'en-gb'
 
 $SECRET_KEY = Prompt-AutoGen  'SECRET_KEY'                     32
 $JWT_SIGNING_KEY = Prompt-AutoGen  'JWT_SIGNING_KEY'           64
@@ -102,6 +103,8 @@ $lines = @(
     "SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN=""$SCHON_BASE_DOMAIN"""
     "SENTRY_DSN=""$SENTRY_DSN"""
     "DEBUG=$DEBUG"
+    "TIME_ZONE=""$TIME_ZONE"""
+    "SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE=""$SCHON_LANGUAGE_CODE"""
     ""
     "SECRET_KEY=""$SECRET_KEY"""
     "JWT_SIGNING_KEY=""$JWT_SIGNING_KEY"""