diff --git a/app/templates/courses/courses-view.jade b/app/templates/courses/courses-view.jade
index 2a09378f6..53b963506 100644
--- a/app/templates/courses/courses-view.jade
+++ b/app/templates/courses/courses-view.jade
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ mixin course-instance-body(courseInstance, classroom)
     else
       - var firstLevel = stats.levels.first;
       - var levelURL = "/play/level/"+firstLevel.get('slug')+"?course="+courseInstance.get('courseID')+"&course-instance="+courseInstance.id;
+      if firstLevel.get('primerLanguage')
+        - levelURL += "&codeLanguage=" + firstLevel.get('primerLanguage');
       a.play-btn.btn.btn-navy.btn-lg.m-b-1(data-href=levelURL, data-level-slug=firstLevel.get('slug'), data-event-action="Students Start Course")
         span(data-i18n="courses.start")
 
diff --git a/app/views/courses/CourseDetailsView.coffee b/app/views/courses/CourseDetailsView.coffee
index 1796c749b..98ba88666 100644
--- a/app/views/courses/CourseDetailsView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/courses/CourseDetailsView.coffee
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ module.exports = class CourseDetailsView extends RootView
       viewArgs = viewArgs.concat ['course', @courseInstance.id]
     else
       route = @getLevelURL levelSlug
+      route += "&codeLanguage=" + level.get('primerLanguage') if level.get('primerLanguage')
       viewClass = 'views/play/level/PlayLevelView'
       viewArgs = [{courseID: @courseID, courseInstanceID: @courseInstanceID, supermodel: @supermodel}, levelSlug]
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'router:navigate', route: route, viewClass: viewClass, viewArgs: viewArgs
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/modal/CourseVictoryModal.coffee b/app/views/play/level/modal/CourseVictoryModal.coffee
index 2b52e999e..206c38bab 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/modal/CourseVictoryModal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/modal/CourseVictoryModal.coffee
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ module.exports = class CourseVictoryModal extends ModalView
       link = "/play/level/#{@nextLevel.get('slug')}?course=#{@courseID}&codeLanguage=#{utils.getQueryVariable('codeLanguage', 'python')}"
     else
       link = "/play/level/#{@nextLevel.get('slug')}?course=#{@courseID}&course-instance=#{@courseInstanceID}"
+      link += "&codeLanguage=" + @level.get('primerLanguage') if @level.get('primerLanguage')
     application.router.navigate(link, {trigger: true})
 
   onDone: ->