diff --git a/app/goodnews_test.ts b/app/goodnews_test.ts
index 74cf0d3ff440fe3801a13b4717deebba46051f49..043daf490016aa1dd8ae90b5695bc7803b28d842 100644
--- a/app/goodnews_test.ts
+++ b/app/goodnews_test.ts
@@ -550,25 +550,26 @@ describe('GoodNews server', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it('uses correct language as default if requested language is not supported', () => {
-    return withMockedResponses(contentfulConfig, responses, async () => {
-      const graphQLServer = createGraphQLServer(config)
-      const result = await queryArticles(graphQLServer, {
-        'accept-language': 'es',
-      })
-
-      assertEquals(result, {
-        articles: [
-          {
-            id: item1_id,
-            language: 'en',
-          },
-        ],
-        previousDateTeaser: {
-          id: item3_id,
-          language: 'en',
-        },
-      })
-    })
-  })
+  // TODO: uncomment this once GoodNews is back with English content
+  // it('uses correct language as default if requested language is not supported', () => {
+  //   return withMockedResponses(contentfulConfig, responses, async () => {
+  //     const graphQLServer = createGraphQLServer(config)
+  //     const result = await queryArticles(graphQLServer, {
+  //       'accept-language': 'es',
+  //     })
+
+  //     assertEquals(result, {
+  //       articles: [
+  //         {
+  //           id: item1_id,
+  //           language: 'en',
+  //         },
+  //       ],
+  //       previousDateTeaser: {
+  //         id: item3_id,
+  //         language: 'en',
+  //       },
+  //     })
+  //   })
+  // })
 })
diff --git a/app/server.ts b/app/server.ts
index fc84320c342db7fe679fe5f3960d6b381f3482cb..0e575b922c4158305870e38f8bcacd667582ba9c 100644
--- a/app/server.ts
+++ b/app/server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GoodNewsArticleQueryResponse } from './api_types.ts'
+import { GoodNewsArticleQueryResponse, GoodNewsLanguage } from './api_types.ts'
 import { createSchema, createYoga, gql, useResponseCache } from './deps.ts'
 import { executeArticlesQuery } from './goodnews.ts'
 import { logger } from './logging.ts'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const createResolvers = (config: ContentfulConfig) => {
 }
 
 // deno-lint-ignore no-unused-vars
-const getLanguage = (headers?: Headers) => 'de' // temporarily forced to German until GoodNews is back with English content
+const getLanguage = (headers?: Headers) => 'de' as GoodNewsLanguage // temporarily forced to German until GoodNews is back with English content
 
 // TODO: uncomment this once GoodNews is back with English content
 // const getLanguage = (headers?: Headers) => {