diff --git a/pages/_document.js b/pages/_document.js
index 0f1387fb..c83ef42a 100644
--- a/pages/_document.js
+++ b/pages/_document.js
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class MyDocument extends Document {
         const cookieObj = ctx.req.cookies.CookiePolicy || {};
 
         console.log("useGATracking: ", useGATracking);
-        setCookie(ctx, "pedw_locale", ctx.locale, {
-            path: "/",
-        });
+        // setCookie(ctx, "pedw_locale", ctx.locale, {
+        //     path: "/",
+        // });
 
         const headers = ctx.req?.headers;
         const generatedNonce = headers?.["x-nonce"];
diff --git a/pages/myportal/index.js b/pages/myportal/index.js
index 9e982065..fa4e3ab1 100644
--- a/pages/myportal/index.js
+++ b/pages/myportal/index.js
@@ -264,15 +264,19 @@ export const getServerSideProps = wrapper.getServerSideProps(
         );
 
         console.log("req locale :", ctx.locale);
+        console.log("cookie locale :", cookies.pedw_locale);
 
         store.dispatch(setLocale(ctx.locale));
 
-        const preferredLocale =
+        let preferredLocale =
             accountDetails.pinswg_preferredlanguage == "846040000"
                 ? "cy"
                 : "en";
 
         // added to redirect if not the users preferred language
+        cookies.hasOwnProperty("pedw_locale") &&
+            (preferredLocale = cookies.pedw_locale);
+
         if (preferredLocale != ctx.locale) {
             return {
                 redirect: {