diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/sru/KorapEndpointDescription.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/sru/KorapEndpointDescription.java
index 49f769e..d1c5fb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/sru/KorapEndpointDescription.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/sru/KorapEndpointDescription.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
         for (KorapResource r : resources) {
             description = new HashMap<String, String>();
-            description.put("de", r.getDescription());
+            description.put("en", r.getDescription());
 
 			ResourceInfo ri = new ResourceInfo(r.getResourceId(), r.getTitles(),
 					description, null, r.getLandingPage(),