diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Admin/General/HomePageSettings.vue b/frontend/src/components/Admin/General/HomePageSettings.vue
index 91aec8a578a2..6345db60d0b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Admin/General/HomePageSettings.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Admin/General/HomePageSettings.vue
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
     <v-card-text>
       <h2 class="mt-1 mb-1">{{ $t("settings.homepage.home-page") }}</h2>
       <v-row align="center" justify="center" dense class="mb-n7 pb-n5">
-        <v-col cols="1">
-          <LanguageMenu @select-lang="writeLang" :site-settings="true" />
-        </v-col>
         <v-col cols="12" sm="3" md="2">
           <v-switch
             v-model="settings.showRecent"
@@ -119,6 +116,25 @@
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
     </v-card-text>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <h2 class="mt-1 mb-4">{{$t('settings.locale-settings')}}</h2>
+      <v-row>
+        <v-col cols="1">
+          <LanguageMenu @select-lang="writeLang" :site-settings="true" />
+        </v-col>
+        <v-col sm="3">
+          <v-select
+                dense
+                prepend-icon="mdi-calendar-week-begin"
+                v-model="settings.firstDayOfWeek"
+                :items="allDays"
+                item-text="name"
+                item-value="value"
+                :label="$t('settings.first-day-of-week')"
+           />
+        </v-col>
+      </v-row>
+    </v-card-text>
     <v-card-actions>
       <v-spacer></v-spacer>
       <v-btn color="success" @click="saveSettings" class="mr-2">
@@ -145,6 +161,7 @@ export default {
     return {
       settings: {
         language: "en",
+        firstDayOfWeek: 0,
         showRecent: null,
         cardsPerSection: null,
         categories: [],
@@ -158,6 +175,38 @@ export default {
     allCategories() {
       return this.$store.getters.getAllCategories;
     },
+    allDays() {
+      return [
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.sunday'),
+          value: 0,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.monday'),
+          value: 1,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.tuesday'),
+          value: 2,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.wednesday'),
+          value: 3,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.thursday'),
+          value: 4,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.friday'),
+          value: 5,
+        },
+        {
+          name: this.$t('general.saturday'),
+          value: 6,
+        }
+      ];
+    },
   },
 
   methods: {
@@ -176,6 +225,7 @@ export default {
     },
     async saveSettings() {
       await api.siteSettings.update(this.settings);
+      this.$store.commit("setLang", this.settings.language);
       this.getOptions();
     },
   },
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue b/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
index 278efd3fc34b..42f00116c479 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
                 v-on="on"
               ></v-text-field>
             </template>
-            <v-date-picker
+            <DatePicker 
               v-model="startDate"
               no-title
               @input="menu2 = false"
-            ></v-date-picker>
+              />
           </v-menu>
         </v-col>
         <v-col cols="12" lg="6" md="6" sm="12">
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
                 v-on="on"
               ></v-text-field>
             </template>
-            <v-date-picker
+            <DatePicker 
               v-model="endDate"
               no-title
               @input="menu2 = false"
-            ></v-date-picker>
+              />
           </v-menu>
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
@@ -87,12 +87,14 @@
 
 <script>
 const CREATE_EVENT = "created";
+import DatePicker from "../UI/DatePicker";
 import { api } from "@/api";
 import utils from "@/utils";
 import MealPlanCard from "./MealPlanCard";
 export default {
   components: {
     MealPlanCard,
+    DatePicker,
   },
   data() {
     return {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/UI/DatePicker.vue b/frontend/src/components/UI/DatePicker.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2262eb3cb027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/UI/DatePicker.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<template>
+    <v-date-picker
+        :first-day-of-week="firstDayOfWeek"
+        v-on="$listeners"
+    ></v-date-picker>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { api } from "@/api";
+
+export default {
+  data() {
+    return {
+       firstDayOfWeek: 0,
+    };
+  },
+  mounted() {
+    this.getOptions();
+  },
+
+  methods: {
+    async getOptions() {
+      const settings = await api.siteSettings.get();
+      this.firstDayOfWeek = settings.firstDayOfWeek;
+    },
+  },
+}
+</script>
+
+<style>
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/locales/messages/en-US.json b/frontend/src/locales/messages/en-US.json
index 4bf311d2a410..9a63052c5179 100644
--- a/frontend/src/locales/messages/en-US.json
+++ b/frontend/src/locales/messages/en-US.json
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
     "current-parenthesis": "(Current)",
     "users": "Users",
     "groups": "Groups",
+    "sunday": "Sunday",
+    "monday": "Monday",
+    "tuesday": "Tuesday",
+    "wednesday": "Wednesday",
+    "thursday": "Thursday",
+    "friday": "Friday",
+    "saturday": "Saturday",
     "about": "About"
   },
   "page": {
@@ -226,6 +233,8 @@
     "manage-users": "Manage Users",
     "migrations": "Migrations",
     "profile": "Profile",
+    "locale-settings": "Locale settings",
+    "first-day-of-week": "First day of the week",
     "custom-pages": "Custom Pages",
     "new-page": "New Page",
     "edit-page": "Edit Page",
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Admin/Settings/index.vue b/frontend/src/pages/Admin/Settings/index.vue
index ea83515db11a..73deaa87dc67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Admin/Settings/index.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Admin/Settings/index.vue
@@ -28,30 +28,6 @@ export default {
     HomePageSettings,
     CustomPageCreator,
   },
-  data() {
-    return {
-      langOptions: [],
-      selectedLang: "en",
-    };
-  },
-  mounted() {
-    this.getOptions();
-  },
-  watch: {
-    selectedLang() {
-      this.$store.commit("setLang", this.selectedLang);
-    },
-  },
-  methods: {
-    getOptions() {
-      this.langOptions = this.$store.getters.getAllLangs;
-      this.selectedLang = this.$store.getters.getActiveLang;
-    },
-    removeCategory(index) {
-      this.value.categories.splice(index, 1);
-    },
-
-  },
 };
 </script>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/modules/siteSettings.js b/frontend/src/store/modules/siteSettings.js
index f521f4eb5227..9b526275a37b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/modules/siteSettings.js
+++ b/frontend/src/store/modules/siteSettings.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { api } from "@/api";
 const state = {
   siteSettings: {
     language: "en",
+    firstDayOfWeek: 0,
     showRecent: true,
     cardsPerSection: 9,
     categories: [],
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/settings.py b/mealie/db/models/settings.py
index cc40dd787ca6..fbebdcd069b3 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/settings.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/settings.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class SiteSettings(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     __tablename__ = "site_settings"
     id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
     language = sa.Column(sa.String)
+    first_day_of_week = sa.Column(sa.Integer)
     categories = orm.relationship(
         "Category",
         secondary=site_settings2categories,
@@ -21,12 +22,14 @@ class SiteSettings(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
         self,
         session: Session = None,
         language="en",
+        first_day_of_week: int = 0,
         categories: list = [],
         show_recent=True,
         cards_per_section: int = 9,
     ) -> None:
         session.commit()
         self.language = language
+        self.first_day_of_week = first_day_of_week
         self.cards_per_section = cards_per_section
         self.show_recent = show_recent
         self.categories = [Category.get_ref(session=session, slug=cat.get("slug")) for cat in categories]
diff --git a/mealie/schema/settings.py b/mealie/schema/settings.py
index 9f147d16a68d..b275cf60cbbb 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/settings.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/settings.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from slugify import slugify
 
 class SiteSettings(CamelModel):
     language: str = "en"
+    first_day_of_week: int = 0
     show_recent: bool = True
     cards_per_section: int = 9
     categories: Optional[list[CategoryBase]] = []
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class SiteSettings(CamelModel):
         schema_extra = {
             "example": {
                 "language": "en",
+                "firstDayOfWeek": 0,
                 "showRecent": True,
                 "categories": [
                     {"id": 1, "name": "thanksgiving", "slug": "thanksgiving"},