diff --git a/musician/forms.py b/musician/forms.py
index 5fcafbe..7a66a00 100644
--- a/musician/forms.py
+++ b/musician/forms.py
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ class LoginForm(AuthenticationForm):
             else:
                 self.username = username
                 self.token = orchestra.auth_token
+                self.user = orchestra.retrieve_profile()
 
         return self.cleaned_data
diff --git a/musician/models.py b/musician/models.py
index a0c058f..a9b9698 100644
--- a/musician/models.py
+++ b/musician/models.py
@@ -109,14 +109,20 @@ class UserAccount(OrchestraModel):
     @classmethod
     def new_from_json(cls, data, **kwargs):
         billing = None
+        language = None
         last_login = None
 
         if 'billcontact' in data:
             billing = BillingContact.new_from_json(data['billcontact'])
 
+        # Django expects that language code is lowercase
+        if 'language' in data:
+            language = data['language'].lower()
+
         if 'last_login' in data:
             last_login = parse_datetime(data['last_login'])
-        return super().new_from_json(data=data, billing=billing, last_login=last_login)
+
+        return super().new_from_json(data=data, billing=billing, language=language, last_login=last_login)
 
 
 class DatabaseUser(OrchestraModel):
diff --git a/musician/static/musician/css/default.css b/musician/static/musician/css/default.css
index a95a573..3fbe7da 100644
--- a/musician/static/musician/css/default.css
+++ b/musician/static/musician/css/default.css
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ a:hover {
     min-width: 280px;
     max-width: 280px;
     min-height: 100vh;
+
+    position: fixed;
+    z-index: 999;
     
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ a:hover {
     background-position: right 5% top 10%;
     color: #343434;
     padding-left: 2rem;
+    margin-left: 280px; /** sidebar width **/
 }
 
 /** services **/
diff --git a/musician/templates/musician/billing.html b/musician/templates/musician/billing.html
index 46d1396..f181341 100644
--- a/musician/templates/musician/billing.html
+++ b/musician/templates/musician/billing.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 
 <h1 class="service-name">{% trans "Billing" %}</h1>
-<p class="service-description">Little description of what to be expected...</p>
+<p class="service-description">{% trans "Little description of what billing section is." %}</p>
 
 <table class="table service-list">
   <colgroup>
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 </colgroup>
 <thead class="thead-dark">
   <tr>
-    <th scope="col">Number</th>
-    <th scope="col">Bill date</th>
-    <th scope="col">Type</th>
-    <th scope="col">Total</th>
-    <th scope="col">Download PDF</th>
+    <th scope="col">{% trans "Number" %}</th>
+    <th scope="col">{% trans "Bill date" %}</th>
+    <th scope="col">{% trans "Type" %}</th>
+    <th scope="col">{% trans "Total" %}</th>
+    <th scope="col">{% trans "Download PDF" %}</th>
   </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
diff --git a/musician/templates/musician/profile.html b/musician/templates/musician/profile.html
index 6a49dd6..44c57ab 100644
--- a/musician/templates/musician/profile.html
+++ b/musician/templates/musician/profile.html
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
-<h1 class="service-name">Profile</h1>
-<p class="service-description">Little description of what to be expected...</p>
+<h1 class="service-name">{% trans "Profile" %}</h1>
+<p class="service-description">{% trans "Little description of what profile section is." %}</p>
 
 <div class="card-deck">
   <div class="card card-profile">
-    <h5 class="card-header">User information</h5>
+    <h5 class="card-header">{% trans "User information" %}</h5>
     <div class="card-body row">
       <div class="col-md">
         <div class="border-primary rounded-circle d-inline-block p-1" style="background-color: white; border: 5px solid grey">
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
       <div class="col-md-9">
         <p class="card-text">{{ profile.username }}</p>
         <p class="card-text">{{ profile.type }}</p>
-        <p class="card-text">Preferred language: {{ profile.language }}</p>
+        <p class="card-text">{% trans "Preferred language:" %} {{ profile.language|language_name_local }}</p>
       </div>
       {% comment %}
       <!-- disabled until set_password is implemented -->
       <div class="col-md-12 text-right">
-        <a class="btn btn-primary pl-5 pr-5" href="#">Set new password</a>
+        <a class="btn btn-primary pl-5 pr-5" href="#">{% trans "Set new password" %}</a>
       </div>
       {% endcomment %}
     </div>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   {% with profile.billing as contact %}
   <div class="card card-profile">
-      <h5 class="card-header">Billing information</h5>
+      <h5 class="card-header">{% trans "Billing information" %}</h5>
     <div class="card-body">
       <div class="form-group">{{ contact.name }}</div>
       <div class="form-group">{{ contact.address }}</div>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       </div>
       <!-- payment method -->
       <div class="form-group">
-        payment method: {{ payment.method }}
+        {% trans "payment method:" %} {{ payment.method }}
       </div>
       <div class="form-group">
         {% if payment.method == 'SEPADirectDebit' %}
diff --git a/musician/views.py b/musician/views.py
index e96fa24..102a66d 100644
--- a/musician/views.py
+++ b/musician/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from itertools import groupby
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
+from django.utils import translation
 from django.utils.http import is_safe_url
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views import View
@@ -305,7 +307,15 @@ class LoginView(FormView):
     def form_valid(self, form):
         """Security check complete. Log the user in."""
         auth_login(self.request, form.username, form.token)
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
+
+        # set user language as active language
+        user_language = form.user.language
+        translation.activate(user_language)
+
+        response = HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())
+        response.set_cookie(settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME, user_language)
+
+        return response
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         url = self.get_redirect_url()
diff --git a/userpanel/settings.py b/userpanel/settings.py
index d14b228..cb5ce35 100644
--- a/userpanel/settings.py
+++ b/userpanel/settings.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/
 import os
 
 from decouple import config, Csv
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from dj_database_url import parse as db_url
+
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
@@ -126,7 +130,13 @@ SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.signed_cookies"
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = config('LANGUAGE_CODE', 'en-us')
+
+LANGUAGES = [
+    ('ca', _('Catalan')),
+    ('en', _('English')),
+    ('es', _('Spanish')),
+]
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'