diff --git a/src/verification/ScratchUserCheck.php b/src/verification/ScratchUserCheck.php
index d6bda3d..a6a8e6a 100644
--- a/src/verification/ScratchUserCheck.php
+++ b/src/verification/ScratchUserCheck.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ class ScratchUserCheck {
 
 	private static function fetchProfile($username, &$isScratcher, &$joinedAt, &$error) {
 		$url = sprintf(self::PROFILE_URL, $username);
-		$html = @file_get_contents($url);
+		$html = @file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create([
+			'http' => ['header' => "Accept-Language: en\r\nCookie: scratchlanguage=en"]
+		]));
 		if ($html === false) {
 			$isScratcher = null; // can't tell Scratcher status
 			$error = 'scratch-confirmaccount-profile-error';