diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/yokai/core/metadata/ComicInfo.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/yokai/core/metadata/ComicInfo.kt
index fdeb23061e..751027c512 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/yokai/core/metadata/ComicInfo.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/yokai/core/metadata/ComicInfo.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import nl.adaptivity.xmlutil.serialization.XmlValue
 
 const val COMIC_INFO_FILE = "ComicInfo.xml"
 
-fun SManga.toComicInfo() = ComicInfo(
+fun SManga.toComicInfo(lang: String? = null) = ComicInfo(
     title = null,
     series = ComicInfo.Series(title),
     number = null,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fun SManga.toComicInfo() = ComicInfo(
     ),
     categories = null,
     source = null,
-    language = null,
+    language = lang?.let { ComicInfo.LanguageJ2K(it) },
 )
 
 fun SManga.copyFromComicInfo(comicInfo: ComicInfo) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/LocalSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/LocalSource.kt
index ef5326090f..c6b8de9627 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/LocalSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/LocalSource.kt
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class LocalSource(private val context: Context) : CatalogueSource, UnmeteredSour
             xml.decodeFromReader<ComicInfo>(it)
         }
 
+        comicInfo.language?.let { langMap[manga.url] = it.value }
         manga.copyFromComicInfo(comicInfo)
     }
 
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ class LocalSource(private val context: Context) : CatalogueSource, UnmeteredSour
 
         lang?.let { langMap[manga.url] = it }
         val file = directory.createFile(COMIC_INFO_FILE)!!
-        file.writeText(xml.encodeToString(ComicInfo.serializer(), manga.toComicInfo()))
+        file.writeText(xml.encodeToString(ComicInfo.serializer(), manga.toComicInfo(lang)))
     }
 
     @Serializable