diff --git a/lam/config/lam.conf_sample b/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
index 0605208a..fcf0d28e 100644
--- a/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
+++ b/lam/config/lam.conf_sample
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ treesuffix: dc=yourdomain,dc=org
 maxlistentries: 30
 
 # default language (a line from config/language)
-defaultLanguage: en_GB:UTF-8:English (Britain)
+defaultLanguage: en_GB.utf8:UTF-8:English (Great Britain)
 
 # Path to external Script
 scriptPath: