--- a/src/src/app.cpp

+++ b/src/src/app.cpp

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void CodeBlocksApp::InitLocale()

     wxString path(ConfigManager::GetDataFolder() + _T("/locale"));

-    if (cfg->ReadBool(_T("/locale/enable"), false) == false)

+    if (cfg->ReadBool(_T("/locale/enable"), true) == false)

         return;

     wxString lang(cfg->Read(_T("/locale/language")));