diff --git a/bin/worker.php b/bin/worker.php
index f8900f3ca3..ceab479cea 100755
--- a/bin/worker.php
+++ b/bin/worker.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 
 // Get options
 $shortopts = 'sn';
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ $a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
 
 Config::load();
 
+$lang = L10n::getBrowserLanguage();
+L10n::loadTranslationTable($lang);
+
 // Check the database structure and possibly fixes it
 check_db(true);