diff --git a/ocs/v1.php b/ocs/v1.php
index 62a3511e611..d69904fc495 100644
--- a/ocs/v1.php
+++ b/ocs/v1.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ try {
 	// load all apps to get all api routes properly setup
 	OC_App::loadApps();
 
+	// api calls always will return English
+	\OC_L10N::forceLanguage('en');
+
 	OC::$server->getRouter()->match('/ocs'.OC_Request::getRawPathInfo());
 } catch (ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
 	OC_API::setContentType();