diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 3ecb26c1682189e9c2ba3018eaabc4e47038aa6b..455dec6376ec646dd1f1fa3c5b044bad60a9d0d0 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ def validate():
 def validation():
     app.logger.debug('hit validation.html')
     l = str(request.accept_languages).split(',')[0][0:2]
-    if l != 'de':
-        l = 'en'
-    # x = '["2.4.0","2.3.0","2.2.0","2.1.1","2.1.0"]'
-    x = '[' + ','.join(versions) + ']'# javascript array definition as string 
+    x = '[' + ','.join(versions) + ']'# javascript array definition 
     return trans.show_html(version=utils.get_version(), language=l, 
       xsd_versions=x)
 
diff --git a/templates/html/validation.html b/templates/html/validation.html
index 65a3a20613be1726559573928317b38e6b0a9a3d..265accb47773309132d3dc6534fe690cbe04af2d 100644
--- a/templates/html/validation.html
+++ b/templates/html/validation.html
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
-<html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+<html lang="{{LANGUAGE}}" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <head>
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
     <meta name="description" content="DCC Validation Service">
-    <meta name="author" content="wactbprot">
     <title>DCC Validation Service</title>
 
     <!-- Bootstrap core CSS -->
diff --git a/trans.py b/trans.py
index 1e2f0196f2f91de04dfe9ace21f1eb6142bcc694..b83fe456c8e37d88ddd3c2b39c1491fc455f4c8a 100644
--- a/trans.py
+++ b/trans.py
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ class Trans:
             d = self.mapping['en']
         template = 'html/validation.html'
         return render_template(template, VERSION=version, 
-          XSD_VERSIONS=xsd_versions, **d)
+          XSD_VERSIONS=xsd_versions, LANGUAGE=language, **d)