diff --git a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/Scraper.java b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/Scraper.java
index 4a01abaf..6b67b98c 100644
--- a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/Scraper.java
+++ b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/Scraper.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
+
 import com.archos.mediascraper.preprocess.SearchInfo;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.preprocess.SearchPreprocessor;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.xml.BaseScraper2;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 public class Scraper {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Scraper.class);
 
@@ -104,4 +108,27 @@ public ScrapeDetailResult getAutoDetails(SearchInfo info) {
         return mMovieScraper.search(info);
     }
 
+    public static String getLanguage(Context context) {
+        String defaultLanguage = Locale.getDefault().getLanguage();
+        String result;
+        // if defaultLanguage is of the form xx-yy take result as xx
+        if (defaultLanguage.length() > 2 && defaultLanguage.charAt(2) == '-') {
+            result = defaultLanguage.substring(0, 2);
+        } else {
+            result = defaultLanguage;
+        }
+        // zh = Mandarin -> Chinese Simplified (zh-cn) or Chinese
+        // cn = Cantonese -> Chinese Traditional (zh-tw)
+        if (defaultLanguage.toLowerCase().startsWith("zh-tw")) {
+            log.warn("getLanguage: curing defaultScraperLanguage=" + defaultLanguage + " zh-tw -> to cn");
+            result = "cn";  // Traditional Chinese
+        }
+        // treat brazilian portuguese as an exception, tmdb understands pt-br
+        if (defaultLanguage.toLowerCase().startsWith("pt-br")) {
+            log.warn("getLanguage: curing defaultScraperLanguage=" + defaultLanguage + ", keeping pt-br");
+            result = "pt-br";  // Brazilian Portuguese
+        }
+        return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context.getApplicationContext()).getString("favScraperLang", result);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/MovieScraper3.java b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/MovieScraper3.java
index ddddda35..fee73bc7 100644
--- a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/MovieScraper3.java
+++ b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/MovieScraper3.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.archos.mediascraper.ScrapeDetailResult;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.ScrapeSearchResult;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.ScrapeStatus;
+import com.archos.mediascraper.Scraper;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.ScraperCache;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.SearchResult;
 import com.archos.mediascraper.preprocess.MovieSearchInfo;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public ScrapeSearchResult getMatches2(SearchInfo info, int maxItems) {
         if (tmdb == null) reauth();
         if (searchService == null) searchService = tmdb.searchService();
         // get configured language
-        String language = getLanguage(mContext);
+        String language = Scraper.getLanguage(mContext);
         log.debug("movie search:" + searchInfo.getName() + " year:" + searchInfo.getYear() + " language:" + language);
         SearchMovieResult searchResult = SearchMovie2.search(searchInfo.getName(), language, searchInfo.getYear(), maxItems, searchService, adultScrape);
         // TODO: this triggers scrape for all search results, is this intended?
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public ScrapeSearchResult getMatches2(SearchInfo info, int maxItems) {
     @Override
     protected ScrapeDetailResult getDetailsInternal(SearchResult result, Bundle options) {
         // TODO: why it searches every first level result?
-        String language = getLanguage(mContext);
+        String language = Scraper.getLanguage(mContext);
         log.debug("getDetailsInternal: language=" + language);
 
         long movieId = result.getId();
@@ -168,10 +169,6 @@ protected ScrapeDetailResult getDetailsInternal(SearchResult result, Bundle opti
         return new ScrapeDetailResult(tag, true, null, ScrapeStatus.OKAY, null);
     }
 
-    public static String getLanguage(Context context) {
-        return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context.getApplicationContext()).getString("favScraperLang", Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected String internalGetPreferenceName() {
         return PREFERENCE_NAME;
diff --git a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/ShowScraper4.java b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/ShowScraper4.java
index 82cf5464..3eb27dab 100644
--- a/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/ShowScraper4.java
+++ b/src/com/archos/mediascraper/xml/ShowScraper4.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public ScrapeSearchResult getMatches2(SearchInfo info, int maxItems) {
         }
         TvShowSearchInfo searchInfo = (TvShowSearchInfo) info;
         // get configured language
-        String language = getLanguage(mContext);
+        String language = Scraper.getLanguage(mContext);
         log.debug("getMatches2: tvshow search:" + searchInfo.getShowName()
                 + " s:" + searchInfo.getSeason()
                 + " e:" + searchInfo.getEpisode() + ", maxItems=" + maxItems + ", language=" + language);
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ private Bundle buildBundle(Map<String, EpisodeTags> allEpisodes, Bundle options)
         return bundle;
     }
 
-    public static String getLanguage(Context context) {
-        return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context.getApplicationContext()).getString("favScraperLang", Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
-    }
-
     public static boolean isShowAlreadyKnown(Integer showId, Context context) {
         ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
         String[] baseProjection = {ScraperStore.Show.ONLINE_ID};