diff --git a/view/default.php b/view/default.php
index 121d5212c6..df9adbc392 100644
--- a/view/default.php
+++ b/view/default.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html >
-<html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog" />
+<html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog" lang="<?php echo $lang; ?>">
 <head>
   <title><?php if(x($page,'title')) echo $page['title'] ?></title>
   <script>var baseurl="<?php echo $a->get_baseurl() ?>";</script>
