diff --git a/.env.local.example b/.env.local.example
index 2429dc8..551eced 100644
--- a/.env.local.example
+++ b/.env.local.example
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 ## default accept header is 'application/json, text/plain, */*'
 # AXIOS_ACCEPT=
 ## for forcing a certain language for data we get from imdb
-# AXIOS_LANGUAGE=en-US
+# AXIOS_LANGUAGE='en-US,en;q=0.5'
 
 ### REDIS
 ## if you want to use redis to speed up the media proxy, set this to true
diff --git a/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts b/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
index 702ba2c..4ce7bfd 100644
--- a/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
+++ b/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const axiosInstance = axios.create({
       'User-Agent': process.env.AXIOS_USERAGENT,
     }),
     ...(process.env.AXIOS_ACCEPT && { Accept: process.env.AXIOS_ACCEPT }),
+    ...(process.env.AXIOS_LANGUAGE && {
+      'Accept-Language': process.env.AXIOS_LANGUAGE,
+    }),
   },
 });