diff --git a/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py b/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
index 0c3e9d13..bfc49deb 100644
--- a/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
+++ b/manuskript/ui/views/textEditView.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class textEditView(QTextEdit):
         if enchant and self.spellcheck and not self._dict:
             if self.currentDict:
                 self._dict = enchant.Dict(self.currentDict)
-            elif enchant.get_default_language() in enchant.get_default_language():
+            elif enchant.dict_exists(enchant.get_default_language()):
                 self._dict = enchant.Dict(enchant.get_default_language())
             else:
                 self.spellcheck = False