diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51d376da..ebcf4d06 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 - support tiff format for inserting
 - Finnish, Hebrew, Norwegian, Slovenian empty file templates
 
+## Changed
+- used default empty template instead of en-US
+
 ## 9.3.1
 ## Changed
 - creating and editing pdf form
diff --git a/lib/templatemanager.php b/lib/templatemanager.php
index 43ab33f3..c5ecdc69 100644
--- a/lib/templatemanager.php
+++ b/lib/templatemanager.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public static function getEmptyTemplate($fileName) {
 	 */
 	public static function getEmptyTemplatePath($lang, $ext) {
 		if (!\array_key_exists($lang, self::$localPath)) {
-			$lang = "en";
+			$lang = "default";
 		}
 
 		return \dirname(__DIR__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "assets" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "document-templates" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . self::$localPath[$lang] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "new" . $ext;
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public static function getEmptyTemplatePath($lang, $ext) {
 		"cs" => "cs-CZ",
 		"de" => "de-DE",
 		"de_DE" => "de-DE",
+		"default" => "default",
 		"el" => "el-GR",
 		"en" => "en-US",
 		"en_GB" => "en-GB",