diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Extensions/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Extensions/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index d1c77301..24bd3367 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Extensions/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Extensions/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,43 @@
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Oqtane.Infrastructure;
+using Oqtane.Infrastructure.Localization;
 
 namespace Oqtane.Extensions
 {
     public static class ApplicationBuilderExtensions
     {
+        private static readonly string DefaultCultureKey = "Localization:DefaultCulture";
+        private static readonly string SupportedCulturesKey = "Localization:SupportedCultures";
+
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseOqtaneLocalization(this IApplicationBuilder app)
+        {
+            var configuration = app.ApplicationServices.GetService<IConfiguration>();
+            var defaultCulture = configuration.GetSection(DefaultCultureKey).Value;
+            var supportedCultures = configuration.GetSection(SupportedCulturesKey).Get<string[]>();
+            if (supportedCultures.Length > 0)
+            {
+                LocalizationSettings.SupportedCultures.AddRange(supportedCultures);
+            }
+
+            LocalizationSettings.DefaultCulture = defaultCulture;
+            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(defaultCulture);
+
+            app.UseRequestLocalization(options => {
+                options.SetDefaultCulture(defaultCulture)
+                    .AddSupportedUICultures(supportedCultures)
+                    .AddSupportedUICultures(supportedCultures);
+            });
+            
+            return app;
+        }
+
         public static IApplicationBuilder ConfigureOqtaneAssemblies(this IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
         {
             var startUps = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/Localization/LocalizationSettings.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/Localization/LocalizationSettings.cs
index 0e6ff714..38f74295 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/Localization/LocalizationSettings.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/Localization/LocalizationSettings.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ namespace Oqtane.Infrastructure.Localization
 
         public static string DefaultCulture { get; set; }
 
-        public static IList<string> SupportedCultures { get; set; }
+        public static List<string> SupportedCultures { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
index 7de3eceb..256d44a3 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Oqtane.Extensions;
 using Oqtane.Infrastructure;
-using Oqtane.Infrastructure.Localization;
 using Oqtane.Repository;
 using Oqtane.Security;
 using Oqtane.Services;
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ namespace Oqtane
         {
             // Register localization services
             services.AddLocalization(options => options.ResourcesPath = "Resources");
-            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(LocalizationSettings.DefaultCulture);
 
             services.AddServerSideBlazor();
 
@@ -232,8 +229,8 @@ namespace Oqtane
             // to allow install middleware it should be moved up
             app.ConfigureOqtaneAssemblies(env);
 
-            app.UseRequestLocalization(options => options
-                .AddSupportedUICultures(LocalizationSettings.SupportedCultures.ToArray()));
+            // Allow oqtane localization middleware
+            app.UseOqtaneLocalization();
 
             app.UseHttpsRedirection();
             app.UseStaticFiles();
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/appsettings.json b/Oqtane.Server/appsettings.json
index 0ab499f0..743c6e19 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/appsettings.json
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/appsettings.json
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@
     "DefaultTheme": "",
     "DefaultLayout": "",
     "DefaultContainer": ""
+  },
+  "Localization": {
+    "DefaultCulture": "en-US",
+    "SupportedCultures": []
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file