diff --git a/lib/file_locale.php b/lib/file_locale.php
--- a/lib/file_locale.php
+++ b/lib/file_locale.php
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@
             }
         }
 
+        //Fall back to just return the language identifier for reuse by the editor
+        if (!empty($langs)) {
+            $lang = explode(';', $langs[0]);
+            $lang = $lang[0];
+            $lang = str_replace('-', '_', $lang);
+            return $lang;
+        }
+
         return null;
     }