diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/settings.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/settings.js
index 91b111aee..5e186b0df 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/settings.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/settings.js
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ export default function settings(state = initialState, action) {
   case ME_FETCH_SUCCESS:
   case ME_PATCH_SUCCESS:
     const me = fromJS(action.me);
-    const fePrefs = me.getIn(['pleroma', 'settings_store', FE_NAME]);
+    let fePrefs = me.getIn(['pleroma', 'settings_store', FE_NAME]);
+    // Spinster migration hotfix
+    if (fePrefs.get('locale') === '') {
+      fePrefs = fePrefs.delete('locale');
+    }
     return state.merge(fePrefs);
   case NOTIFICATIONS_FILTER_SET:
   case SETTING_CHANGE: