diff --git a/NodeChrome/wrap_chrome_binary b/NodeChrome/wrap_chrome_binary
index d23c0f5f4..df5e4b288 100755
--- a/NodeChrome/wrap_chrome_binary
+++ b/NodeChrome/wrap_chrome_binary
@@ -4,21 +4,24 @@ WRAPPER_PATH=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/google-chrome)
 BASE_PATH="$WRAPPER_PATH-base"
 mv "$WRAPPER_PATH" "$BASE_PATH"
 
+# Debian/Ubuntu seems to not respect --lang, it instead needs to be a LANGUAGE environment var
+# See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41893197/359999
+for var in "$@"; do
+   if [[ $var == --lang=* ]]; then
+      LANGUAGE=${var//--lang=}
+   fi
+done
+
 cat > "$WRAPPER_PATH" <<_EOF
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # umask 002 ensures default permissions of files are 664 (rw-rw-r--) and directories are 775 (rwxrwxr-x).
 umask 002
 
+# Set language environment variable
+export LANGUAGE="$LANGUAGE"
+
 # Note: exec -a below is a bashism.
 exec -a "\$0" "$BASE_PATH" --no-sandbox "\$@"
 _EOF
 chmod +x "$WRAPPER_PATH"
-
-# Debian/Ubuntu seems to not respect --lang, it instead needs to be a LANGUAGE environment var
-# See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41893197/359999
-for var in "$@"; do
-   if [[ $var == --lang=* ]]; then
-      export LANGUAGE=${var//--lang=}
-   fi
-done
diff --git a/NodeEdge/wrap_edge_binary b/NodeEdge/wrap_edge_binary
index 4e998663b..7f011cf1d 100755
--- a/NodeEdge/wrap_edge_binary
+++ b/NodeEdge/wrap_edge_binary
@@ -4,21 +4,24 @@ WRAPPER_PATH=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/microsoft-edge)
 BASE_PATH="$WRAPPER_PATH-base"
 mv "$WRAPPER_PATH" "$BASE_PATH"
 
+# Debian/Ubuntu seems to not respect --lang, it instead needs to be a LANGUAGE environment var
+# See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41893197/359999
+for var in "$@"; do
+   if [[ $var == --lang=* ]]; then
+      LANGUAGE=${var//--lang=}
+   fi
+done
+
 cat > "$WRAPPER_PATH" <<_EOF
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # umask 002 ensures default permissions of files are 664 (rw-rw-r--) and directories are 775 (rwxrwxr-x).
 umask 002
 
+# Set language environment variable
+export LANGUAGE="$LANGUAGE"
+
 # Note: exec -a below is a bashism.
 exec -a "\$0" "$BASE_PATH" --no-sandbox "\$@"
 _EOF
 chmod +x "$WRAPPER_PATH"
-
-# Debian/Ubuntu seems to not respect --lang, it instead needs to be a LANGUAGE environment var
-# See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41893197/359999
-for var in "$@"; do
-   if [[ $var == --lang=* ]]; then
-      export LANGUAGE=${var//--lang=}
-   fi
-done