diff --git a/compile.php b/compile.php
index c1afeeb0..fc5c44da 100755
--- a/compile.php
+++ b/compile.php
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ function put_file($match) {
 		return "?>\n$return" . (in_array($tokens[count($tokens) - 1][0], array(T_CLOSE_TAG, T_INLINE_HTML), true) ? "<?php" : "");
 	} elseif (preg_match('~\s*(\$pos = (.+\n).+;)~sU', $return, $match2)) {
 		// single language lang() is used for plural
-		return "function get_lang() {
-	return '$_SESSION[lang]';
-}
+		return "define('Adminer\\LANG', '$_SESSION[lang]');
 
 function lang(\$translation, \$number = null) {
 	if (is_array(\$translation)) {
diff --git a/plugins/edit-calendar.php b/plugins/edit-calendar.php
index 314b1bc6..af6b4577 100644
--- a/plugins/edit-calendar.php
+++ b/plugins/edit-calendar.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class AdminerEditCalendar {
 			. Adminer\script_src("jquery-ui/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js")
 		);
 		if ($this->langPath) {
-			$lang = Adminer\get_lang();
+			$lang = Adminer\LANG;
 			$lang = ($lang == "zh" ? "zh-CN" : ($lang == "zh-tw" ? "zh-TW" : $lang));
 			if ($lang != "en" && file_exists(sprintf($this->langPath, $lang))) {
 				echo Adminer\script_src(sprintf($this->langPath, $lang));
diff --git a/plugins/tinymce.php b/plugins/tinymce.php
index 440ce7ba..8f12fc9b 100644
--- a/plugins/tinymce.php
+++ b/plugins/tinymce.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class AdminerTinymce {
 	}
 
 	function head($dark = null) {
-		$lang = Adminer\get_lang();
+		$lang = Adminer\LANG;
 		$lang = ($lang == "zh" ? "zh-cn" : ($lang == "zh-tw" ? "zh" : $lang));
 		if (!file_exists(dirname($this->path) . "/langs/$lang.js")) {
 			$lang = "en";
diff --git a/plugins/translation.php b/plugins/translation.php
index dc78b62c..77d09e37 100644
--- a/plugins/translation.php
+++ b/plugins/translation.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class AdminerTranslation {
 	private function translate($idf) {
 		static $translations, $lang;
 		if ($lang === null) {
-			$lang = Adminer\get_lang();
+			$lang = Adminer\LANG;
 		}
 		if ($idf == "" || $lang == "en") {
 			return $idf;