diff --git a/src/demo-main.tscn b/src/demo-main.tscn
index 459fa1e..5032773 100644
--- a/src/demo-main.tscn
+++ b/src/demo-main.tscn
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func _on_text_button_item_selected(index: int) -> void:
 
 func _on_speech_button_item_selected(index: int) -> void:
 	State.speech_language = index + 1
-	%TextButton.select(1)
+	if index == 1: %TextButton.select(1)
 	
 func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
 	if event is InputEvent and in_game:
diff --git a/src/singletons/global_state.gd b/src/singletons/global_state.gd
index 4aea2f3..85e9019 100644
--- a/src/singletons/global_state.gd
+++ b/src/singletons/global_state.gd
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var current_main_theme:Theme = preload("res://logic-scenes/themes/handwriting.th
 @export var obscure_logs:bool = true
 
 
-@export_enum("system_locale", "english", "german") var text_language: int = -1:
+@export_enum("system_locale", "english", "german") var text_language: int = 0:
 	set(value):
 		text_language = value
 		match text_language:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ var current_main_theme:Theme = preload("res://logic-scenes/themes/handwriting.th
 			2: TranslationServer.set_locale("de")
 			_: TranslationServer.set_locale(OS.get_locale())
 		settings_changed.emit()
-@export_enum("system_locale", "english", "german") var speech_language: int = -1:
+@export_enum("system_locale", "english", "german") var speech_language: int = 0:
 	set(value):
 		speech_language = value