diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
index 9af0e535a7..d99d1f9002 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
         $fiscalYearStart    = date('Y') . '-' . $fiscalYearStartStr;
         $tjOptionalFields   = app('preferences')->get('transaction_journal_optional_fields', [])->data;
 
+        ksort($language);
+
         // an important fallback is that the frontPageAccount array gets refilled automatically
         // when it turns up empty.
         if (0 === count($frontPageAccounts->data)) {