diff --git a/packages/common/jsonld.js b/packages/common/jsonld.js
index ca16e378a51703c617cb32312dbb26190a2fd03e..c6b7b2a4892a131efb68868b7ff0c8b1e05acd5d 100644
--- a/packages/common/jsonld.js
+++ b/packages/common/jsonld.js
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ export default class JSONLD {
         this.idToEntityNameMatchList = idToEntityNameMatchList;
     }
 
-    static initialize(apiUrl, successFnc, failureFnc) {
+    static initialize(apiUrl, successFnc, failureFnc, lang = 'de') {
+        if (lang !== 'de') {
+            i18n.changeLanguage(lang);
+        }
+
         // if init api call was already successfully finished execute the success function
         if (instances[apiUrl] !== undefined) {
             if (typeof successFnc == 'function') successFnc(instances[apiUrl]);