diff --git a/eoaconvert.py b/eoaconvert.py
index fc7c493..3bd2e11 100755
--- a/eoaconvert.py
+++ b/eoaconvert.py
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ def cleanup():
         # new version #
         ###############
 
-        formatted_references = libeoaconvert.format_citations(set_citations, bib_database + ".bib")[0]
+        formatted_references = libeoaconvert.format_citations(set_citations, bib_database + ".bib", strLanguage)[0]
 
         # to check: is the order correct?
         entries = formatted_references.findall(".//div")
diff --git a/libeoaconvert.py b/libeoaconvert.py
index 7341718..090795f 100644
--- a/libeoaconvert.py
+++ b/libeoaconvert.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Datei = open('tmp_files/xelatex-run-images.log', 'w')
 
 # Setup of various dictionaries for localization of various elements
-dictLangFootnotes = {"english" : "Footnotes", "italian" : "Note a piè pagina", "french" : "notes en bas de page", "german" : "Fußnoten", "de" : "Fußnoten", "en" : "Footnotes"}
+dictLangFootnotes = {"it" : "Note a piè pagina", "fr" : "notes en bas de page", "de" : "Fußnoten", "en" : "Footnotes"}
 
 # the new-style footnotes that use LaTeX bigfoot show up in the following order:
 footnote_groups = ["decimal", "lower-latin"]
@@ -129,11 +129,24 @@ def deb_var(obj):
     print("DEBUG: %s: %s" % (name, obj))
 # def deb_var ends here
 
+def two_letter_language(language_string):
+    """Return a two letter code for a language"""
+
+    if language_string in ["english", "en"]:
+        return "en"
+    elif language_string in ["german", "deutsch", "de"]:
+        return "de"
+    elif language_string in ["french", "fr"]:
+        return "fr"
+    elif language_string in ["italian", "it"]:
+        return "it"
+# two_letter_language ends here
+
 # next function adapted from TEI2EOADjango
-def format_citations(used_citekeys, bibdata):
+def format_citations(used_citekeys, bibdata, language):
     """Return a formatted xmlstring of the used citations"""
 
-    md_file_header = "---\nlang: en\ntitle: Citations\n...\n\n"
+    md_file_header = "---\nlang: %s\ntitle: Citations\n...\n\n" % two_letter_language(language)
 
     with open("tmp_files/used_citations.md", "w") as citation_formatter:
         citation_formatter.write(md_file_header)
diff --git a/tralics2django.py b/tralics2django.py
index 1e3d284..527cfd5 100755
--- a/tralics2django.py
+++ b/tralics2django.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2018-01-17 14:54:34 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2018-01-23 10:38:24 (kthoden)>
 
 import pickle
 import os
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ def bring_footnote_down_django(footnote, fragment, footnote_number, object_numbe
     xmlEOAsection.set("order", str(intObjectNumber))
     intObjectNumber += 1
     xmlHead = etree.Element("head")
-    xmlHead.text = libeoaconvert.dictLangFootnotes[xmlEOAchapter.get("language")]
+    xmlHead.text = libeoaconvert.dictLangFootnotes[libeoaconvert.two_letter_language(xmlEOAchapter.get("language"))]
     xmlEOAsection.append(xmlHead)
     xmlResult.append(xmlEOAsection)
 
diff --git a/tralics2epub.py b/tralics2epub.py
index 844b3c9..8abf3eb 100755
--- a/tralics2epub.py
+++ b/tralics2epub.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2017-12-05 16:14:54 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2018-01-23 10:38:00 (kthoden)>
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class FootnoteError(Exception):
             continue
     xmlNewFootnotes = etree.Element("div")
     xmlNewFootnotesHeader = etree.Element("h3")
-    xmlNewFootnotesHeader.text = libeoaconvert.dictLangFootnotes[xmlChapter.get("language")]
+    xmlNewFootnotesHeader.text = libeoaconvert.dictLangFootnotes[libeoaconvert.two_letter_language(xmlChapter.get("language"))]
     xmlNewFootnotes.append(xmlNewFootnotesHeader)
 
     for grouping, notes in groupings: