diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index edeac6a7765f472c176c70c1c4a2748190594b82..7874fd4f6cdd855437d3e3962f3d8f6bb9c7eb2c 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='plotly.min.js')}}"></script>
 		{% endif %}
 		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='videojs/video.js')}}"></script>
+		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='videojs/lang/de.js')}}"></script>
 		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='videojs/ie8/videojs-ie8.js')}}"></script>
 		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='videojs/videojs-resolution-switcher.js')}}"></script>
 		<script src="{{url_for('static', filename='videojs/videojs-contrib-hls.js')}}"></script>
diff --git a/templates/macros.html b/templates/macros.html
index 0b1e3f5cc6f345acb61901a27d8c5ab3bff07054..b865885073ec7df4c5ed2969d1866ee4989d2485 100644
--- a/templates/macros.html
+++ b/templates/macros.html
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 {% endmacro %}
 
 {% macro player(lecture, videos, msgs) %}
-<video id="videoplayer" style="width: 100%" class="video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-big-play-centered" width="640" height="320" controls data-wasnotplayed="1"  data-setup='{ "plugins" : {"hotkeys": {"seekStep": 15, "enableVolumeScroll": false, "alwaysCaptureHotkeys": true}, "videoJsResolutionSwitcher": { "ui": true, "default": "720p", "dynamicLabel": false } }, "customControlsOnMobile": true, "playbackRates": [0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, 3, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75, 4] }'>
+<video id="videoplayer" style="width: 100%" class="video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-big-play-centered" width="640" height="320" controls data-wasnotplayed="1"  data-setup='{ "language":"de", "plugins" : {"hotkeys": {"seekStep": 15, "enableVolumeScroll": false, "alwaysCaptureHotkeys": true}, "videoJsResolutionSwitcher": { "ui": true, "default": "720p", "dynamicLabel": false } }, "customControlsOnMobile": true, "playbackRates": [0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, 3, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75, 4] }'>
 	{% for v in videos|sort(attribute='player_prio', reverse=True) %}
 		<source type="{{ v.mimetype }}" src="{{ config.VIDEOPREFIX }}/{{ v.path }}" label="{{ v.format_description }}"/>
 	{% endfor %}