diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts
index 32d4bfbafb4..1c85b563a2d 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts
@@ -61,12 +61,21 @@ const processFields = <FIELD_TYPE extends LiteralField | Relationship>(
 let schemaLocalization: IR<SchemaLocalization> = undefined!;
 const fetchSchemaLocalization = f.store(async () =>
   import('../Preferences/userPreferences').then(async ({ userPreferences }) =>
-    load<IR<SchemaLocalization>>(
-      formatUrl('/context/schema_localization.json', {
-        lang: userPreferences.get('form', 'schema', 'language'),
-      }),
-      'application/json'
-    )
+    // Preferences are fetched independently of the initial context. Reading
+    // the schema language before that fetch completes can request the default
+    // language, and f.store() would then keep that localization for the life
+    // of the page.
+    userPreferences
+      .fetch()
+      .catch(() => undefined)
+      .then(() =>
+        load<IR<SchemaLocalization>>(
+          formatUrl('/context/schema_localization.json', {
+            lang: userPreferences.get('form', 'schema', 'language'),
+          }),
+          'application/json'
+        )
+      )
   )
 );
 export const getSchemaLocalization = (): IR<SchemaLocalization> =>
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/SchemaConfig/Layout.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/SchemaConfig/Layout.tsx
index ac53a147a8d..fd7b08024c5 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/SchemaConfig/Layout.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/SchemaConfig/Layout.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   useSchemaConfig,
 } from './Store';
 import { dialogIcons } from '../Atoms/Icons';
-import { raise } from '../Errors/Crash'; 
+import { raise } from '../Errors/Crash';
 
 export function SchemaConfigLayout(): JSX.Element {
   const schemaData = useOutletContext<SchemaData>();
@@ -94,20 +94,30 @@ function SchemaConfigLayoutContent(): JSX.Element {
             method: 'POST',
             headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
             body: { schema, language: rawLanguage },
-			expectedErrors: [400, 500, 504]
+            expectedErrors: [400, 500, 504],
           })
         )
         .then(
           (response) => {
-		    setImportStatus(response.status);
-			if (response.status !== 200)
-				raise({name: schemaText.importSchemaError({schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig()}), message: 
-					  response.status === 504 ? schemaText.importSchemaErrorTimeout({schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig()}) :
-				      response.status === 400 ? schemaText.importSchemaErrorBadRequest({schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig()}) :
-				      schemaText.importSchemaErrorInternalError()
-				})
-		  },
-		  (err) => raise(err)
+            setImportStatus(response.status);
+            if (response.status !== 200)
+              raise({
+                name: schemaText.importSchemaError({
+                  schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig(),
+                }),
+                message:
+                  response.status === 504
+                    ? schemaText.importSchemaErrorTimeout({
+                        schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig(),
+                      })
+                    : response.status === 400
+                      ? schemaText.importSchemaErrorBadRequest({
+                          schemaConfig: schemaText.schemaConfig(),
+                        })
+                      : schemaText.importSchemaErrorInternalError(),
+              });
+          },
+          (err) => raise(err)
         )
     );
   };