diff --git a/middleware/changeLanguage.js b/middleware/changeLanguage.js
index 9a69f6ce5..ea9b00b4b 100644
--- a/middleware/changeLanguage.js
+++ b/middleware/changeLanguage.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function updateDocs( req, res, translations ){
   res.data.forEach( function( doc, p ){
 
     // update name.default to the request language (if available)
-    translateNameDefault(doc, requestLanguage);
+    translateNameDefault(doc, req.clean.lang.iso6391);
 
     // skip invalid records
     if( !doc || !doc.parent ){ return; }
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js b/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
index beb2753bf..6d933cbaa 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ module.exports.tests.success_conditions = (test, common) => {
     const req = {
       clean: {
         lang: {
-          iso6393: 'requested language'
+          iso6393: 'requested language',
+          iso6391: 'requested language'
         }
       }
     };