diff --git a/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/content.js b/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/content.js
index 64b73e4..a9265f4 100644
--- a/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/content.js
+++ b/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/content.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function resampleTo16kHZ(audioData, origSampleRate = 44100) {
 
 function startRecording(data) {
     socket = new WebSocket(`ws://${data.host}:${data.port}/`);
+    language = data.language;
     socket.onopen = function(e) { 
       socket.send(
         JSON.stringify({
diff --git a/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/popup.js b/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/popup.js
index ea87218..686a1e7 100644
--- a/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/popup.js
+++ b/Audio-Transcription-Firefox/popup.js
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
   });
 
   languageDropdown.addEventListener('change', function() {
-    selectedLanguage = languageDropdown.value;
+    if (languageDropdown.value === "") {
+      selectedLanguage = null;
+    } else {
+      selectedLanguage = languageDropdown.value;
+    }
     browser.storage.local.set({ selectedLanguage });
   });