diff --git a/src/ui/views/overlay.ts b/src/ui/views/overlay.ts
index 8e674eb0..29a57594 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/overlay.ts
+++ b/src/ui/views/overlay.ts
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ export class OverlayView {
       "selectItem",
       (language) => {
         if (this.videoHandler?.videoData) {
+          this.videoHandler.translateFromLang = language;
           this.videoHandler.videoData.detectedLanguage = language;
           this.videoHandler.videoManager.rememberUserLanguageSelection(
             this.videoHandler.videoData.videoId,