diff --git a/includes/kernel.php b/includes/kernel.php
index 61d8d668..eacde4bf 100644
--- a/includes/kernel.php
+++ b/includes/kernel.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if (!CLI)
         User::save();                                       // save user-variables in session
 
     // hard override locale for this call (should this be here..?)
-    if (isset($_GET['locale']) && ($loc = Locale::tryFrom($_GET['locale'])))
+    if (isset($_GET['locale']) && ($loc = Locale::tryFrom((int)$_GET['locale'])))
         Lang::load($loc);
     else
         Lang::load(User::$preferedLoc);