diff --git a/.env.dev.example b/.env.dev.example
index 5e605d74..538d1611 100644
--- a/.env.dev.example
+++ b/.env.dev.example
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ DEBUG=true
 DOMAIN=your.domain.here
 #EMAIL=your@email.here
 
+# Used for deciding which editions to prefer
+DEFAULT_LANGUAGE="English"
+
 ## Leave unset to allow all hosts
 # ALLOWED_HOSTS="localhost,127.0.0.1,[::1]"
 
diff --git a/.env.prod.example b/.env.prod.example
index 0013bf9d..ac9fe70f 100644
--- a/.env.prod.example
+++ b/.env.prod.example
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ DEBUG=false
 DOMAIN=your.domain.here
 EMAIL=your@email.here
 
+# Used for deciding which editions to prefer
+DEFAULT_LANGUAGE="English"
+
 ## Leave unset to allow all hosts
 # ALLOWED_HOSTS="localhost,127.0.0.1,[::1]"
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
index a50a2584..ca84338d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/inventaire.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
             Mapping("title", remote_field="wdt:P1476", formatter=get_first),
             Mapping("subtitle", remote_field="wdt:P1680", formatter=get_first),
             Mapping("inventaireId", remote_field="uri"),
-            Mapping("description", remote_field="sitelinks", formatter=self.get_description),
+            Mapping(
+                "description", remote_field="sitelinks", formatter=self.get_description
+            ),
             Mapping("cover", remote_field="image", formatter=self.get_cover_url),
             Mapping("isbn13", remote_field="wdt:P212", formatter=get_first),
             Mapping("isbn10", remote_field="wdt:P957", formatter=get_first),
@@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
         return SearchResult(
             title=search_result.get("label"),
             key=self.get_remote_id(search_result.get("uri")),
-            view_link="{:s}/entity/{:s}".format(self.base_url, search_result.get("uri")),
+            view_link="{:s}/entity/{:s}".format(
+                self.base_url, search_result.get("uri")
+            ),
             cover=cover,
             connector=self,
         )
@@ -104,7 +108,9 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
         return SearchResult(
             title=title[0],
             key=self.get_remote_id(search_result.get("uri")),
-            view_link="{:s}/entity/{:s}".format(self.base_url, search_result.get("uri")),
+            view_link="{:s}/entity/{:s}".format(
+                self.base_url, search_result.get("uri")
+            ),
             cover=self.get_cover_url(search_result.get("image")),
             connector=self,
         )
@@ -187,7 +193,7 @@ class Connector(AbstractConnector):
         return results
 
     def get_description(self, links):
-        """ grab an extracted except from wikipedia """
+        """grab an extracted except from wikipedia"""
         link = links.get("enwiki")
         if not link:
             return ""
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/book.py b/bookwyrm/models/book.py
index 0bbae033..10af9b5b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/book.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/book.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.db import models
 from model_utils.managers import InheritanceManager
 
 from bookwyrm import activitypub
-from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN
+from bookwyrm.settings import DOMAIN, DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
 
 from .activitypub_mixin import OrderedCollectionPageMixin, ObjectMixin
 from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
@@ -211,7 +211,15 @@ class Edition(Book):
     def get_rank(self):
         """calculate how complete the data is on this edition"""
         rank = 0
+        # big ups for havinga  cover
         rank += int(bool(self.cover)) * 3
+        # is it in the instance's preferred language?
+        rank += int(bool(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE in self.languages))
+        print(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE)
+        # prefer print editions
+        rank += int(bool(self.physical_format.lower() in ['paperback', 'hardcover']))
+
+        # does it have metadata?
         rank += int(bool(self.isbn_13))
         rank += int(bool(self.isbn_10))
         rank += int(bool(self.oclc_number))
diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index b679e2d4..1bc3c587 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DOMAIN = env("DOMAIN")
 VERSION = "0.0.1"
 
 PAGE_LENGTH = env("PAGE_LENGTH", 15)
+DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = env("DEFAULT_LANGUAGE", "English")
 
 # celery
 CELERY_BROKER = env("CELERY_BROKER")