diff --git a/project/game_scene.gd b/project/game_scene.gd
index 38bef79a..7466f456 100644
--- a/project/game_scene.gd
+++ b/project/game_scene.gd
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ func setup(m2client: Node, assets_root: String,
 	var diag_after := int(OS.get_environment("MT_DIAG_AFTER_MS")) if OS.get_environment("MT_DIAG_AFTER_MS") != "" else DIAG_AFTER_MS
 	_diag_at = Time.get_ticks_msec() + diag_after
 	_ui_mobile = UiProfile.resolve() == UiProfile.Mode.MOBILE
+	var LocaleScript = load("res://locale.gd")
+	var cur_lang: String = LocaleScript.get_default_lang() if LocaleScript and LocaleScript.has_method("get_default_lang") else "zh"
 	# GC_MAIN_CHARACTER only carries the server-space coordinates, not the map
 	# folder.  The old fixed A1 fallback puts characters from A2/A3 outside the
 	# rendered terrain, which looks like an empty map.  Resolve the map from the
@@ -458,8 +460,6 @@ func setup(m2client: Node, assets_root: String,
 	if ClassDB.class_exists("Metin2Proto") and assets_root != "":
 		proto = ClassDB.instantiate("Metin2Proto")
 		add_child(proto)
-		var LocaleScript = load("res://locale.gd")
-		var cur_lang: String = LocaleScript.get_default_lang() if LocaleScript and LocaleScript.has_method("get_default_lang") else "zh"
 		var ip := assets_root.path_join("locale/locale/%s/item_proto" % cur_lang)
 		if not FileAccess.file_exists(ip):
 			ip = assets_root.path_join("locale/locale/en/item_proto")