diff --git a/lam/config/lam.conf_sample b/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
index 744c177b..9f0aff46 100644
--- a/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
+++ b/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ hostlistAttributes: #cn;#rid;#description;gidNumber:GID
 maxlistentries: 30
 
 # default language (a line from config/language)
-defaultLanguage: en_GB:iso639_en:English (Britain)
+defaultLanguage: en_GB:ISO-8859-1:English (Britain)
 
 # Path to external Script
 scriptPath: