diff --git a/source/net/filebot/ui/GettingStartedStage.java b/source/net/filebot/ui/GettingStartedStage.java
index 3eb45123..3ca00ef9 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/ui/GettingStartedStage.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/ui/GettingStartedStage.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import static net.filebot.Settings.*;
 import java.awt.Desktop;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ public class GettingStartedStage {
 
 		// force black background while page is loading
 		setBackground(webview.getEngine(), 0xFF000000);
+
+		// make sure that we can read the user locale in JS
+		webview.getEngine().executeScript(String.format("navigator.locale = '%s'", Locale.getDefault()));
 	}
 
 	public void show() {
diff --git a/website/getting-started/index.js b/website/getting-started/index.js
index f88e2716..fd64f0ae 100644
--- a/website/getting-started/index.js
+++ b/website/getting-started/index.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function getData() {
 	}]
 
 	var links = location.hash.length > 0
-	var youtube = !(/zh(.CN)?/i).test(navigator.language) // YouTube is blocked in China (mainland)
+	var youtube = !(/zh(.CN)?/i).test(navigator.locale ? navigator.locale : navigator.language) // YouTube is blocked in China (mainland)
 
 	if (links) {
 		data = data.slice(0, 5) // use only tutorial images