diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/sites_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/sites_controller.rb
index e489c889..e6a9e6f7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/sites_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/sites_controller.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ class Admin::SitesController < OrbitBackendController
 
   def update
     if params[:site][:default_locale] && @site.enable_language_detection.eql?(true)
-      Site.update_all({:enable_language_detection => false})
-    elsif params[:site][:enable_language_detection]
+     Site.update_all({:enable_language_detection => false})
+    elsif params[:site][:enable_language_detection] && @site.default_locale.present?
       Site.update_all({:default_locale => nil})
     end
     # if params[:site][:enable_language_detection]