diff --git a/src/components/languagechooser/languagechooser.jsx b/src/components/languagechooser/languagechooser.jsx
index be6f78881..77f4fed72 100644
--- a/src/components/languagechooser/languagechooser.jsx
+++ b/src/components/languagechooser/languagechooser.jsx
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ class LanguageChooser extends React.Component {
         ]);
     }
     handleSetLanguage (name, value) {
-        jar.set('scratchlanguage', value, {domain: `.${window.location.hostname}`});
+        let opts = {};
+        if (window.location.hostname !== 'localhost') {
+            opts = {domain: `.${window.location.hostname}`};
+        }
+        jar.set('scratchlanguage', value, opts);
         window.location.reload();
     }
     render () {