diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index f912beb..44fe89c 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ if __name__=="__main__":
     opt = parser.parse_args()
     print(opt)
     multilingual=opt.multilingual,
-    language = opt.language,
+    language = opt.language if opt.multilingual else "en",
     task = opt.task
     c = Client(host=opt.host, port=opt.port)
 
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 9879b9f..68c21a1 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def recv_audio(websocket):
     global clients
     options = websocket.recv()
     options = json.loads(options)
+    print(options)
     client = ServeClient(
         websocket, 
         multilingual=options["multilingual"],
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class ServeClient:
     def __init__(self, websocket, task="transcribe", device=None, multilingual=False, language=None):
         self.data = b""
         self.frames = b""
-        self.language = language
+        self.language = language if multilingual else "en"
         self.task = task
         self.transcriber = WhisperModel(
             "small" if multilingual else "small.en",