diff --git a/docs/_docs/02-02-advanced-configuration.md b/docs/_docs/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
index 47be44fcc..f72b6e04b 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/02-02-advanced-configuration.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ default to providing only a time based lockout. Refer to
 [reCAPTCHA](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html) for information
 on getting an account setup.
 
-## TALK_REDIS_CLIENT_CONFIG
+## TALK_REDIS_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION
 
 Configuration overrides for the redis client configuration in a JSON encoded
 string. Configuration is overridden as the second parameter to the redis client
@@ -466,4 +466,4 @@ same as any other user in the system. (Default `FALSE`)
 
 The prefix for the subject of emails sent. An email with the specified subject
 of `Email Confirmation` would then be sent as `[Talk] Email Confirmation`.
-(Default `[Talk]`)
\ No newline at end of file
+(Default `[Talk]`)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c46a4caaa..568db2577 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "3.9.0",
+  "version": "3.9.1",
   "description": "A better commenting experience from Mozilla, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. https://coralproject.net",
   "main": "app.js",
   "private": true,
diff --git a/services/i18n.js b/services/i18n.js
index cd1bacd93..14597e89b 100644
--- a/services/i18n.js
+++ b/services/i18n.js
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ let translations = fs.readdirSync(resolve())
 // Create a list of all supported translations.
 const languages = Object.keys(translations);
 
+// Move the default language to the front.
+if (languages.includes(DEFAULT_LANG)) {
+  const from = languages.indexOf(DEFAULT_LANG);
+  languages.splice(from, 1);
+  languages.splice(0, 0, DEFAULT_LANG);
+}
+debug(`loaded language sets for ${languages}`);
+
 let loadedPluginTranslations = false;
 const loadPluginTranslations = () => {
   if (loadedPluginTranslations) {
@@ -80,8 +88,11 @@ const t = (language) => (key, ...replacements) => {
  */
 const i18n = {
   request(req) {
+    debug(`possible languages given request '${accepts(req).languages()}'`);
     const lang = accepts(req).language(languages);
+    debug(`parsed request language as '${lang}'`);
     const language = lang ? lang : DEFAULT_LANG;
+    debug(`decided language as '${language}'`);
 
     return t(language);
   },