diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index dd20729..a083db2 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -276,7 +276,5 @@ Handle project workflows in a unified way:
 
 * automate versions fetching
 * handle openh264 repositories
-* languages
-  * handle different ones
-  * translate to french
+* translate to french
 * try to support nix
diff --git a/spcd/bootstrap.sh b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
index 0a12e88..b947698 100644
--- a/spcd/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ _SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_FRENCH="fr"
 
 _spcd_txt_pick() {
     case "${SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE}" in
-    "${_SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_ENGLISH}") echo "${2}" ;;
-    "${_SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_FRENCH}") echo "${1}" ;;
+    "${_SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_ENGLISH}") echo "${1}" ;;
+    "${_SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_FRENCH}") echo "${2}" ;;
     *) ;;
     esac
 }
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ spcd_step__environment_defaults_set() {
     [ -n "${SPCD_REF_RELEASE}" ] || SPCD_REF_RELEASE="main"
     [ -n "${SPCD_REF_STAGING}" ] || SPCD_REF_STAGING="dev"
 
-    [ -n "${SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE}" ] || SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE="en"
+    [ -n "${SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE}" ] ||
+        SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE="${_SPCD_TXT_LANGUAGE_ENGLISH}"
 
     [ -n "${SPCD_URL_ALMA}" ] ||
         # /almalinux/$releasever/…