diff --git a/src/common/config.cpp b/src/common/config.cpp
index 82eba2a4e..e26a998f5 100644
--- a/src/common/config.cpp
+++ b/src/common/config.cpp
@@ -768,21 +768,7 @@ void load(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
         m_elf_viewer = toml::find_or<std::vector<std::string>>(gui, "elfDirs", {});
         m_recent_files = toml::find_or<std::vector<std::string>>(gui, "recentFiles", {});
         m_table_mode = toml::find_or<int>(gui, "gameTableMode", 0);
-
         emulator_language = toml::find_or<std::string>(gui, "emulatorLanguage", "en_US");
-
-        // Check if the loaded language is in the allowed list
-        const std::vector<std::string> allowed_languages = {
-            "ar_SA", "da_DK", "de_DE", "el_GR", "en_US", "es_ES", "fa_IR",
-            "fi_FI", "fr_FR", "hu_HU", "id_ID", "it_IT", "ja_JP", "ko_KR",
-            "lt_LT", "nl_NL", "no_NO", "pl_PL", "pt_BR", "ro_RO", "ru_RU",
-            "sq_AL", "sv_SE", "tr_TR", "uk_UA", "vi_VN", "zh_CN", "zh_TW"};
-
-        if (std::find(allowed_languages.begin(), allowed_languages.end(), emulator_language) ==
-            allowed_languages.end()) {
-            emulator_language = "en_US"; // Default to en_US if not in the list
-            save(path);
-        }
         backgroundImageOpacity = toml::find_or<int>(gui, "backgroundImageOpacity", 50);
         showBackgroundImage = toml::find_or<bool>(gui, "showBackgroundImage", true);
     }
@@ -797,6 +783,18 @@ void load(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
         const toml::value& keys = data.at("Keys");
         trophyKey = toml::find_or<std::string>(keys, "TrophyKey", "");
     }
+
+    // Check if the loaded language is in the allowed list
+    const std::vector<std::string> allowed_languages = {
+        "ar_SA", "da_DK", "de_DE", "el_GR", "en_US", "es_ES", "fa_IR", "fi_FI", "fr_FR", "hu_HU",
+        "id_ID", "it_IT", "ja_JP", "ko_KR", "lt_LT", "nl_NL", "no_NO", "pl_PL", "pt_BR", "ro_RO",
+        "ru_RU", "sq_AL", "sv_SE", "tr_TR", "uk_UA", "vi_VN", "zh_CN", "zh_TW"};
+
+    if (std::find(allowed_languages.begin(), allowed_languages.end(), emulator_language) ==
+        allowed_languages.end()) {
+        emulator_language = "en_US"; // Default to en_US if not in the list
+        save(path);
+    }
 }
 
 void save(const std::filesystem::path& path) {