diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_editor.js b/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
index 4e62e393..7ea7063f 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var padeditor = (function()
       {
         pad.changeViewOption('useMonospaceFont', $("#viewfontmenu").val() == 'monospace');
       });
-      $("#languagemenu").val(document.html10n.getLanguage());
+      $("#languagemenu").val(window.html10n.getLanguage());
       $("#languagemenu").change(function() {
         pad.createCookie("language",$("#languagemenu").val(),null,'/');
         document.webL10n.localize([$("#languagemenu").val(), 'en']);