diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
index b66fd9dea0..bbbd122818 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/template/TemplateServlet.java
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ public class TemplateServlet extends HttpServlet
 
     params.put("locale", locale);
 
-    String shortLocale = locale;
-    int i = shortLocale.indexOf("_");
+    String country = locale;
+    int i = country.indexOf("_");
 
     if (i > 0)
     {
-      shortLocale = shortLocale.substring(0, i);
+      country = country.substring(0, i);
     }
 
-    params.put("shortLocale", shortLocale);
+    params.put("country", country);
 
     String templateName = getTemplateName(contextPath, request.getRequestURI());
     Writer writer = null;
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.html b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.html
index 714e34dfb6..6ad929a024 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="resources/images/favicon.png" />
     -->
 
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      var i18n = {
+        locale: '${locale}',
+        country: '${country}'
+      };
+    </script>
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/extjs/resources/css/ext-all.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/extjs/resources/css/xtheme-gray.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/css/style.css" />
@@ -64,9 +71,9 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/js/sonia.plugin.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/js/sonia.scm.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="plugins/sonia.plugin.js"></script>
-    <#if shortLocale != 'en'>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/extjs/i18n/ext-lang-${shortLocale}.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/js/i18n/${shortLocale}.js"></script>
+    <#if country != 'en'>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/extjs/i18n/ext-lang-${country}.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="resources/js/i18n/${country}.js"></script>
     </#if>
 
     <title>SCM-WebAPP</title>