diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index fcb1052a5..b1cc2c641 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -137,19 +137,20 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   # Set I18n.locale
   def set_locale
-    # update session if passed
-    session[:locale] = params[:locale] if params[:locale]
-    browser_locale = condition = nil
-    # check if locale is valid for non site pages
-    if LIST[:forbidden_item_names].include?(env['PATH_INFO'].split('/')[1].to_s)
-      condition = VALID_LOCALES.include?(session[:locale])
-    elsif session[:locale]
-      condition = @site_in_use_locales.include?(session[:locale])
-    else
-      browser_locale = request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'].scan(/^[a-z]{2}/).first rescue nil
-      condition = @site_in_use_locales.include?(browser_locale)
-    end
-    session[:locale] = condition ? (browser_locale || session[:locale]) : I18n.default_locale.to_s
+    # # update session if passed
+    # session[:locale] = params[:locale] if params[:locale]
+    # browser_locale = condition = nil
+    # # check if locale is valid for non site pages
+    # if LIST[:forbidden_item_names].include?(env['PATH_INFO'].split('/')[1].to_s)
+    #   condition = VALID_LOCALES.include?(session[:locale])
+    # elsif session[:locale]
+    #   condition = @site_in_use_locales.include?(session[:locale])
+    # else
+    #   browser_locale = request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'].scan(/^[a-z]{2}/).first rescue nil
+    #   condition = @site_in_use_locales.include?(browser_locale)
+    # end 
+    # session[:locale] = condition ? (browser_locale || session[:locale]) : I18n.default_locale.to_s
+    session[:locale] = 'en'
     I18n.locale = session[:locale].to_sym
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_orbit_bar.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_orbit_bar.html.erb
index 52deb8e7e..70db95b8c 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_orbit_bar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_orbit_bar.html.erb
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@
         <%= text_field_tag 'q','',{:class => "search-query span3",:placeholder=> t(:search_google) ,:disabled=> ((@site.search["sitesearch"] || @site.search["domains"] ).blank? rescue true)}%>
       </form>
       </li>
-      <li class="dropdown language">
-        <a class="dropdown-toggle orbit-bar-language" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" data-icons="&#xe054;"></a>
-        <ul class="dropdown-menu language-menu">
-          <% @site_in_use_locales.compact.each do |locale| %>
-            <%= content_tag :li, (link_to t(:_locale, :locale => locale), add_locale(remove_locale((referer rescue request.fullpath)), locale)), :class => (I18n.locale.eql?(locale.to_sym) ? 'active' : nil) %>
-          <% end %>
-        </ul>
-      </li>
       <% if user_signed_in? %>
         <li class="dropdown active">
         <a class="orbit-bar-account" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown">
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index f3a725c3b..d491563fa 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module Orbit
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
     # config.i18n.default_locale = :de
     config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('vendor', 'built_in_modules', '*', 'config', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
-    config.i18n.default_locale = :zh_tw
+    config.i18n.default_locale = :en
 
     # JavaScript files you want as :defaults (application.js is always included).
     # config.action_view.javascript_expansions[:defaults] = %w(jquery rails)