diff --git a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigController.php b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigController.php
index 99576fbb9..be6feb7cd 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigController.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Locale as LocaleConstraint;
 use Wallabag\CoreBundle\Entity\Config;
 use Wallabag\CoreBundle\Entity\TaggingRule;
 use Wallabag\CoreBundle\Form\Type\ChangePasswordType;
@@ -341,11 +342,13 @@ class ConfigController extends Controller
      */
     public function setLocaleAction(Request $request, $language = null)
     {
-        if (null !== $language) {
-            $this->get('session')->set('_locale', $language);
+        $errors = $this->get('validator')->validate($language, (new LocaleConstraint()));
+
+        if (0 === \count($errors)) {
+            $request->getSession()->set('_locale', $language);
         }
 
-        return $this->redirect($request->headers->get('referer'));
+        return $this->redirect($request->headers->get('referer', $this->generateUrl('homepage')));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListener.php b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListener.php
index 367cdfb00..dc1db5c7a 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListener.php
+++ b/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListener.php
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Event\InteractiveLoginEvent;
 
 /**
- * Stores the locale of the user in the session after the
- * login. This can be used by the LocaleListener afterwards.
+ * Stores the locale of the user in the session after the login.
+ * If no locale are defined (if user doesn't change it from the login screen), override it with the user's config one.
+ *
+ * This can be used by the LocaleListener afterwards.
  *
  * @see http://symfony.com/doc/master/cookbook/session/locale_sticky_session.html
  */
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class UserLocaleListener
     {
         $user = $event->getAuthenticationToken()->getUser();
 
-        if (null !== $user->getConfig()->getLanguage()) {
+        if (null !== $user->getConfig()->getLanguage() && null === $this->session->get('_locale')) {
             $this->session->set('_locale', $user->getConfig()->getLanguage());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Wallabag/UserBundle/Resources/views/layout.html.twig b/src/Wallabag/UserBundle/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
index 6934c6868..b53f87465 100644
--- a/src/Wallabag/UserBundle/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Wallabag/UserBundle/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
             {% endblock fos_user_content %}
         </div>
         <div class="center">
-            <a href="{{ path('changeLocale', {'language': 'de'}) }}">Deutsch</a>
-            <a href="{{ path('changeLocale', {'language': 'en'}) }}">English</a>
+            <a href="{{ path('changeLocale', {'language': 'de'}) }}">Deutsch</a> –
+            <a href="{{ path('changeLocale', {'language': 'en'}) }}">English</a> –
             <a href="{{ path('changeLocale', {'language': 'fr'}) }}">Français</a>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
index d709f4ebd..cf9f1e97d 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Controller/ConfigControllerTest.php
@@ -965,4 +965,39 @@ class ConfigControllerTest extends WallabagCoreTestCase
 
         $client->request('GET', '/config/view-mode');
     }
+
+    public function testChangeLocaleWithoutReferer()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+
+        $client->request('GET', '/locale/de');
+        $client->followRedirect();
+
+        $this->assertSame('de', $client->getRequest()->getLocale());
+        $this->assertSame('de', $client->getContainer()->get('session')->get('_locale'));
+    }
+
+    public function testChangeLocaleWithReferer()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+
+        $client->request('GET', '/login');
+        $client->request('GET', '/locale/de');
+        $client->followRedirect();
+
+        $this->assertSame('de', $client->getRequest()->getLocale());
+        $this->assertSame('de', $client->getContainer()->get('session')->get('_locale'));
+    }
+
+    public function testChangeLocaleToBadLocale()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+
+        $client->request('GET', '/login');
+        $client->request('GET', '/locale/yuyuyuyu');
+        $client->followRedirect();
+
+        $this->assertNotSame('yuyuyuyu', $client->getRequest()->getLocale());
+        $this->assertNotSame('yuyuyuyu', $client->getContainer()->get('session')->get('_locale'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListenerTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListenerTest.php
index 93edfde8c..ff0a9602b 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Event/Listener/UserLocaleListenerTest.php
@@ -56,4 +56,27 @@ class UserLocaleListenerTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertNull($session->get('_locale'));
     }
+
+    public function testWithLanguageFromSession()
+    {
+        $session = new Session(new MockArraySessionStorage());
+        $listener = new UserLocaleListener($session);
+        $session->set('_locale', 'de');
+
+        $user = new User();
+        $user->setEnabled(true);
+
+        $config = new Config($user);
+        $config->setLanguage('fr');
+
+        $user->setConfig($config);
+
+        $userToken = new UsernamePasswordToken($user, '', 'test');
+        $request = Request::create('/');
+        $event = new InteractiveLoginEvent($request, $userToken);
+
+        $listener->onInteractiveLogin($event);
+
+        $this->assertSame('de', $session->get('_locale'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php b/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
index 2b540fdfe..c13bfbea9 100644
--- a/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Wallabag/UserBundle/EventListener/CreateConfigListenerTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\MockArraySessionStorage;
 use Wallabag\CoreBundle\Entity\Config;
 use Wallabag\UserBundle\Entity\User;
 use Wallabag\UserBundle\EventListener\CreateConfigListener;
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ class CreateConfigListenerTest extends TestCase
 
     protected function setUp()
     {
+        $session = new Session(new MockArraySessionStorage());
         $this->em = $this->getMockBuilder('Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager')
             ->disableOriginalConstructor()
             ->getMock();
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ class CreateConfigListenerTest extends TestCase
             'fr',
             1,
             1,
-            1
+            1,
+            $session
         );
 
         $this->dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();