diff --git a/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js b/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
index 1f3fcde234ecb90d826984e67e50459b43a3190b..66512039085bed027faee34a7b7989e5fd709f8e 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
+++ b/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class PersonSelect extends VPULitElementJQuery {
                         that.jsonld = jsonld;
                         that.active = true;
                         that.$select = that.initSelect2();
-                    });
+                    }, {}, that.lang);
                     break;
             }
         });