diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/dbp-knowledge-base-web-page-element-view-demo.js b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/dbp-knowledge-base-web-page-element-view-demo.js
index 717b3c1c4a495f4bb2ed6143bb1294aa0b81087a..4a739d9780f282b7fd1f62552d709619ce248829 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/dbp-knowledge-base-web-page-element-view-demo.js
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/dbp-knowledge-base-web-page-element-view-demo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {i18n} from './i18n';
+import {createInstance} from './i18n';
 import {css, html} from 'lit-element';
 import {ScopedElementsMixin} from '@open-wc/scoped-elements';
 import {AuthKeycloak, LoginButton} from '@dbp-toolkit/auth';
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import DBPLitElement from "@dbp-toolkit/common/dbp-lit-element";
 export class KnowledgeBaseWebPageElementViewDemo extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
     constructor() {
         super();
-        this.lang = 'de';
+        this._i18n = createInstance();
+        this.lang = this._i18n.language;
         this.entryPointUrl = '';
         this.noAuth = false;
     }
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseWebPageElementViewDemo extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBP
     update(changedProperties) {
         changedProperties.forEach((oldValue, propName) => {
             if (propName === "lang") {
-                i18n.changeLanguage(this.lang);
+                this._i18n.changeLanguage(this.lang);
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/i18n.js b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/i18n.js
index 498d9f037b0a5ca481ec8de5df24640900285808..975c1993e2a567940c74f8d957a6b2a018125548 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/i18n.js
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/i18n.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import {createInstance} from '@dbp-toolkit/common/i18next.js';
+import {createInstance as _createInstance} from '@dbp-toolkit/common/i18next.js';
 
 import de from './i18n/de/translation.json';
 import en from './i18n/en/translation.json';
 
-export const i18n = createInstance({en: en, de: de}, 'de', 'en');
\ No newline at end of file
+export function createInstance() {
+    return _createInstance({en: en, de: de}, 'de', 'en');
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view.js b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view.js
index 9b34f065e3f921b2b545fc24db7d9753d728023f..57234041559bb04593f407fd1a153f1cb3faf271 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view.js
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/src/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {i18n} from './i18n';
+import {createInstance} from './i18n';
 import {html} from 'lit-element';
 import {ScopedElementsMixin} from '@open-wc/scoped-elements';
 import {MiniSpinner} from '@dbp-toolkit/common';
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {AdapterLitElement} from "@dbp-toolkit/provider/src/adapter-lit-element";
 export class KnowledgeBaseWebPageElementView extends ScopedElementsMixin(AdapterLitElement) {
     constructor() {
         super();
-        this.lang = 'de';
+        this._i18n = createInstance();
+        this.lang = this._i18n.language;
         this.value = '';
         this.html = '';
         this.entryPointUrl = '';
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseWebPageElementView extends ScopedElementsMixin(Adapter
      * Loads the data from the web page element
      */
     loadWebPageElement() {
+        const i18n = this._i18n;
+
         if (this.auth.token === undefined || this.auth.token === "") {
             return;
         }
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseWebPageElementView extends ScopedElementsMixin(Adapter
     update(changedProperties) {
         changedProperties.forEach((oldValue, propName) => {
             if (propName === "lang") {
-                i18n.changeLanguage(this.lang);
+                this._i18n.changeLanguage(this.lang);
             }
 
             switch(propName) {