diff --git a/Contrib/LangDLL/LangDLL.c b/Contrib/LangDLL/LangDLL.c
index 3e77d6f5..ec049fb2 100644
--- a/Contrib/LangDLL/LangDLL.c
+++ b/Contrib/LangDLL/LangDLL.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct lang {
 BOOL CALLBACK DialogProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
   int i, size;
-  char *selected_language;
+  char *selected_language = NULL;
   static HFONT font;
   switch (uMsg) {
   	case WM_INITDIALOG:
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ BOOL CALLBACK DialogProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         }
       }
       // select the current language
-      SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, IDC_LANGUAGE, CB_SELECTSTRING, -1, (LPARAM) selected_language);
+      if (selected_language)
+        SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, IDC_LANGUAGE, CB_SELECTSTRING, -1, (LPARAM) selected_language);
+      else
+        SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg, IDC_LANGUAGE, CB_SETCURSEL, 0, 0);
       // set texts
       SetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, IDC_TEXT, g_wndtext);
       SetWindowText(hwndDlg, g_wndtitle);