diff --git a/apps/ocr/conf/settings.py b/apps/ocr/conf/settings.py
index fd0220d991..21134bf050 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/conf/settings.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/conf/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 
 TESSERACT_PATH = getattr(settings, 'OCR_TESSERACT_PATH', u'/usr/bin/tesseract')
-TESSERACT_LANGUAGE = getattr(settings, 'OCR_TESSERACT_LANGUAGE', None)
+TESSERACT_LANGUAGE = getattr(settings, 'OCR_TESSERACT_LANGUAGE', u'eng')
 REPLICATION_DELAY = getattr(settings, 'OCR_REPLICATION_DELAY', 10)  # In seconds
 NODE_CONCURRENT_EXECUTION = getattr(settings, 'OCR_NODE_CONCURRENT_EXECUTION', 1)
 AUTOMATIC_OCR = getattr(settings, 'OCR_AUTOMATIC_OCR', False)
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 2c40df41c6..5f3f4e41a8 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
 # OCR
 #OCR_TESSERACT_PATH = u'/usr/bin/tesseract'
 #OCR_NODE_CONCURRENT_EXECUTION = 1
-#OCR_TESSERACT_LANGUAGE = None
+#OCR_TESSERACT_LANGUAGE = u'eng'
 #OCR_REPLICATION_DELAY = 10
 #OCR_AUTOMATIC_OCR = False