diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/en.json b/static/skin/i18n/en.json
index bf8441fc1..e2ce7a463 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/en.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/en.json
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@
 	, "random-page-button-text": "Go to a randomly selected page"
 	, "searchbox-tooltip": "Search '{{BOOK_TITLE}}'"
 	, "confusion-of-tongues": "Two or more books in different languages would participate in search, which may lead to confusing results."
+	, "welcome-page-overzealous-filter": "No result. Would you like to <a href=\"?lang=\">reset filter</a>?"
 }
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json b/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
index 2175d24a1..6a1c17236 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 	"library-button-text": "Tooltip of the button leading to the welcome page",
 	"home-button-text": "Tooltip of the button leading to the main page of a book",
 	"random-page-button-text": "Tooltip of the button opening a randomly selected page",
-	"searchbox-tooltip": "Tooltip displayed for the search box"
+	, "welcome-page-overzealous-filter": "Text shown when book filtering on the welcome page produces zero results"
 }
diff --git a/static/skin/i18n/test.json b/static/skin/i18n/test.json
index a96eac241..bf8bd49f0 100644
--- a/static/skin/i18n/test.json
+++ b/static/skin/i18n/test.json
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 	, "home-button-text": "[I18N TESTING] Jump to the main page of '{{BOOK_TITLE}}'"
 	, "random-page-button-text": "[I18N TESTING] I am tired of determinism"
 	, "searchbox-tooltip": "[I18N TESTING] Let's search in '{{BOOK_TITLE}}'"
+	, "welcome-page-overzealous-filter": "[I18N TESTING] Nothing found. <a href=\"?lang=\">Reset filter</a>"
 }
diff --git a/static/skin/index.js b/static/skin/index.js
index 036e18516..9c7fe5613 100644
--- a/static/skin/index.js
+++ b/static/skin/index.js
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
         const kiwixHomeBody = document.querySelector('.kiwixHomeBody');
         const divTag = document.createElement('div');
         divTag.setAttribute('class', 'noResults');
-        divTag.innerHTML = `No result. Would you like to <a href="?lang=">reset filter</a>?`;
+        divTag.innerHTML = $t("welcome-page-overzealous-filter");
         kiwixHomeBody.append(divTag);
         kiwixHomeBody.setAttribute('style', 'display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center');
         loader.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; top: 50%');
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
         }
     });
 
-    window.onload = async () => {
+    async function onload() {
         iso = new Isotope( '.book__list', {
             itemSelector: '.book',
             getSortData:{
@@ -508,6 +508,13 @@
         }
         updateFeedLink();
         setCookie(filterCookieName, params.toString());
+    };
+
+    // required by i18n.js:setUserLanguage()
+    window.setPermanentGlobalCookie = function(name, value) {
+      document.cookie = `${name}=${value};path=${root};max-age=31536000`;
     }
+
+    window.onload = () => { setUserLanguage(getUserLanguage(), onload); }
 })();
 
diff --git a/static/templates/index.html b/static/templates/index.html
index 0274e9a3a..f2a80342e 100644
--- a/static/templates/index.html
+++ b/static/templates/index.html
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
           src: url("{{root}}/skin/fonts/Roboto.ttf?KIWIXCACHEID") format("truetype");
       }
     </style>
+    <script type="module" src="{{root}}/skin/i18n.js?KIWIXCACHEID" defer></script>
     <script src="{{root}}/skin/isotope.pkgd.min.js?KIWIXCACHEID" defer></script>
     <script src="{{root}}/skin/iso6391To3.js?KIWIXCACHEID"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="{{root}}/skin/index.js?KIWIXCACHEID" defer></script>
diff --git a/test/server.cpp b/test/server.cpp
index 23f05135b..c0d3fa7a9 100644
--- a/test/server.cpp
+++ b/test/server.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const ResourceCollection resources200Compressible{
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.css" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.css?cacheid=316dbc21" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js" },
-  { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js?cacheid=b0cc9d6b" },
+  { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js?cacheid=ffc9a141" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/iso6391To3.js" },
   { STATIC_CONTENT,  "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/iso6391To3.js?cacheid=ecde2bb3" },
   { DYNAMIC_CONTENT, "/ROOT%23%3F/skin/isotope.pkgd.min.js" },
@@ -280,9 +280,10 @@ R"EXPECTEDRESULT(      href="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.css?cacheid=316dbc21"
     <meta name="msapplication-config" content="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/favicon/browserconfig.xml?cacheid=f29a7c4a">
         src: url("/ROOT%23%3F/skin/fonts/Poppins.ttf?cacheid=af705837") format("truetype");
           src: url("/ROOT%23%3F/skin/fonts/Roboto.ttf?cacheid=84d10248") format("truetype");
+    <script type="module" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/i18n.js?cacheid=6da2bca0" defer></script>
     <script src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/isotope.pkgd.min.js?cacheid=2e48d392" defer></script>
     <script src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/iso6391To3.js?cacheid=ecde2bb3"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js?cacheid=b0cc9d6b" defer></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/index.js?cacheid=ffc9a141" defer></script>
       <img src="/ROOT%23%3F/skin/feed.png?cacheid=56a672b1" class="feedLogo" alt="Library OPDS Feed" aria-label="Library OPDS Feed" title="Library OPDS Feed">
 )EXPECTEDRESULT"
     },