diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/sessions_controller.rb
index 8c62c23209..d764ad97f0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SessionsController < ApiController
       def index
         return render_data data: current_user, serializer: CurrentUserSerializer, status: :ok if current_user
 
-        render_data data: { signed_in: false, default_locale: ENV.fetch('DEFAULT_LOCALE') }, status: :ok
+        render_data data: { signed_in: false, default_locale: ENV.fetch('DEFAULT_LOCALE', nil) }, status: :ok
       end
 
       # POST /api/v1/sessions