diff --git a/recipes/les_echos.recipe b/recipes/les_echos.recipe
index c22ac9001c..5422ca5b5c 100644
--- a/recipes/les_echos.recipe
+++ b/recipes/les_echos.recipe
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class HindustanTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'Les Echos'
-    language       = 'en'
+    language       = 'fr'
     __author__     = 'Krittika Goyal'
     oldest_article = 1  # days
     max_articles_per_feed = 25