diff --git a/config/routes/annotations.yaml b/config/routes/annotations.yaml
index d7037b9e..d2f9e09d 100644
--- a/config/routes/annotations.yaml
+++ b/config/routes/annotations.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ controllers:
     prefix:
         en: '/en'
         de: '/de'
+        '%locale%': '/'
diff --git a/config/services.yaml b/config/services.yaml
index 9fcb4caf..10bca7de 100644
--- a/config/services.yaml
+++ b/config/services.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Put parameters here that don't need to change on each machine where the app is deployed
 # https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#application-related-configuration
 parameters:
-    locale: 'de'
+    locale: 'en'
 
 services:
     # default configuration for services in *this* file