diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/static/guest-wait/guest-wait.html b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/static/guest-wait/guest-wait.html
index b3d34d1028683506d99cd62912031b575b15b315..d4f93f58379eb7b32d71b82ca3e673d083585a98 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/static/guest-wait/guest-wait.html
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/static/guest-wait/guest-wait.html
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       const DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 'en';
       const LOCALES_ENDPOINT = '/html5client/locale';
       const url = new URL(`${window.location.origin}${LOCALES_ENDPOINT}`);
-      url.search = `locale=${navigator.language}`;
+      url.search = `locale=${navigator.language}&init=true`;
 
       const localesPath = 'locales';