diff --git a/src/controller/ConfigureController.ts b/src/controller/ConfigureController.ts
index 6826eb3..7c65262 100644
--- a/src/controller/ConfigureController.ts
+++ b/src/controller/ConfigureController.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express';
 import { landingTemplate } from '../landingTemplate';
-import { buildManifest } from '../utils';
+import { buildManifest, getDefaultConfig } from '../utils';
 import { Handler } from '../handler';
 import { Config } from '../types';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class ConfigureController {
   }
 
   private readonly getConfigure = (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    const config: Config = JSON.parse(req.params['config'] || '{}');
+    const config: Config = JSON.parse(req.params['config'] || JSON.stringify(getDefaultConfig()));
 
     const manifest = buildManifest(this.handlers, config);
 
diff --git a/src/controller/ManifestController.ts b/src/controller/ManifestController.ts
index 1edd1dc..dee40b9 100644
--- a/src/controller/ManifestController.ts
+++ b/src/controller/ManifestController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express';
-import { buildManifest } from '../utils';
+import { buildManifest, getDefaultConfig } from '../utils';
 import { Handler } from '../handler';
 import { Config } from '../types';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class ManifestController {
   }
 
   private readonly getManifest = (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    const config: Config = JSON.parse(req.params['config'] || '{}');
+    const config: Config = JSON.parse(req.params['config'] || JSON.stringify(getDefaultConfig()));
 
     const manifest = buildManifest(this.handlers, config);
 
diff --git a/src/controller/StreamController.ts b/src/controller/StreamController.ts
index b509747..d5009ad 100644
--- a/src/controller/StreamController.ts
+++ b/src/controller/StreamController.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express';
 import winston from 'winston';
 import { Handler } from '../handler';
 import { Config, Context } from '../types';
-import { envIsProd, ImdbId, StreamResolver } from '../utils';
+import { envIsProd, getDefaultConfig, ImdbId, StreamResolver } from '../utils';
 import { ContentType } from 'stremio-addon-sdk';
 
 export class StreamController {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class StreamController {
   }
 
   private readonly getStream = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    const config: Config = JSON.parse(req.params['config'] || '{}');
+    const config: Config = req.params['config'] ? JSON.parse(req.params['config']) : getDefaultConfig();
     const type: ContentType = (req.params['type'] || '') as ContentType;
     const id: string = req.params['id'] || '';
 
diff --git a/src/utils/config.test.ts b/src/utils/config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e894e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { getDefaultConfig } from './config';
+
+describe('getDefaultConfig', () => {
+  test('has English enabled', () => {
+    expect(getDefaultConfig().en).toBe('on');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee6296f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { Config } from '../types';
+
+export const getDefaultConfig = (): Config => {
+  return { en: 'on' };
+};
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index ed3c093..db2d57c 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './Fetcher';
 export * from './StreamResolver';
+export * from './config';
 export * from './embed';
 export * from './env';
 export * from './id';