diff --git a/templates/ancient.tmpl b/templates/ancient.tmpl
index b3d01832..8616dd07 100644
--- a/templates/ancient.tmpl
+++ b/templates/ancient.tmpl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 %%:  {"name":"title", "description":"Title", "default":"Recueil de chansons pour guitare", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"author", "description":"Author", "default":"Romain Goffe \\and Alexandre Dupas", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"booktype", "description":"Type", "type":"enum", "values":["chorded","lyric"], "default":"chorded", "mandatory":true},
+%%:  {"name":"lang", "description":"Language", "default":"english"},
 %%:  {"name":"bookoptions", "description":"Options", "type":"flag", "values":["diagram","lilypond","pictures","tabs"], "join":",", "mandatory":true, "default":["diagram","pictures"]},
 %%:  {"name":"version", "description":"Version", "default":"3.3.8"},
 %%:  {"name":"subtitle", "description":"Subtitle"},
diff --git a/templates/minimal.tmpl b/templates/minimal.tmpl
index 979b5c80..725712c6 100644
--- a/templates/minimal.tmpl
+++ b/templates/minimal.tmpl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %%:[
 %%:  {"name":"booktype", "description":"Type", "type":"enum", "values":["chorded","lyric"], "default":"chorded", "mandatory":true},
+%%:  {"name":"lang", "description":"Language", "default":"english"},
 %%:  {"name":"bookoptions", "description":"Options", "type":"flag", "values":["diagram","lilypond","tabs","pictures"], "join":",", "mandatory":true, "default":["pictures"]},
 %%:  {"name":"mainfontsize", "description":"Font Size", "type":"font", "default":"10"}
 %%:]
diff --git a/templates/patacrep-en.tmpl b/templates/patacrep-en.tmpl
index 9e45b121..4f1bd9f0 100644
--- a/templates/patacrep-en.tmpl
+++ b/templates/patacrep-en.tmpl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 %%:  {"name":"title", "description":"Title", "default":"Patacrep Songbook", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"author", "description":"Author", "default":"Romain Goffe \\and Alexandre Dupas", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"booktype", "description":"Type", "type":"enum", "values":["chorded","lyric"], "default":"chorded", "mandatory":true},
+%%:  {"name":"lang", "description":"Language", "default":"english"},
 %%:  {"name":"bookoptions", "description":"Options", "type":"flag", "values":["diagram","lilypond","pictures","tabs"], "join":",", "mandatory":true, "default":["diagram","pictures"]},
 %%:  {"name":"version", "description":"Version", "default":"3.3.8"},
 %%:  {"name":"subtitle", "description":"Subtitle"},
diff --git a/templates/patacrep.tmpl b/templates/patacrep.tmpl
index 83564b5d..18e43da1 100644
--- a/templates/patacrep.tmpl
+++ b/templates/patacrep.tmpl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 %%:  {"name":"title", "description":"Title", "default":"Recueil de chansons pour guitare", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"author", "description":"Author", "default":"Romain Goffe \\and Alexandre Dupas", "mandatory":true},
 %%:  {"name":"booktype", "description":"Type", "type":"enum", "values":["chorded","lyric"], "default":"chorded", "mandatory":true},
+%%:  {"name":"lang", "description":"Language", "default":"english"},
 %%:  {"name":"bookoptions", "description":"Options", "type":"flag", "values":["diagram","lilypond","pictures","tabs"], "join":",", "mandatory":true, "default":["diagram","pictures"]},
 %%:  {"name":"version", "description":"Version", "default":"3.3.8"},
 %%:  {"name":"subtitle", "description":"Subtitle"},
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@
 %%:  {"name":"mainfontsize", "description":"Font Size", "type":"font", "default":"10"},
 %%:  {"name":"songnumberbgcolor", "description":"Number Shade", "type":"color", "default":"#D1E4AE"},
 %%:  {"name":"notebgcolor", "description":"Note Shade", "type":"color", "default":"#D1E4AE"},
-%%:  {"name":"indexbgcolor", "description":"Index Shade", "type":"color", "default":"#D1E4AE"},
-%%:  {"name":"lang", "description":"Language", "default":"french"}
+%%:  {"name":"indexbgcolor", "description":"Index Shade", "type":"color", "default":"#D1E4AE"}
 %%:]
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % begin document