diff --git a/imxml2django.py b/imxml2django.py
index 2ee43bb..017241b 100755
--- a/imxml2django.py
+++ b/imxml2django.py
@@ -786,10 +786,10 @@ def djangoParseHeadline(xmlElement):
     xmlEOAchapter = etree.Element("EOAchapter")
     xmlEOAchapter.set("type","regular")
 
-    xmlLanguage = xmlChapter.find(".//language")
+    xmlLanguage = xmlChapter.get("language")
     if xmlLanguage is not None:
         # KT changing this after separating the big script
-        strLanguage = xmlLanguage.text #or "english"
+        strLanguage = xmlLanguage #or "english"
     else:
         strLanguage = "english"