diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 01d693288f..7dc1bb3634 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ plugins:
         background_color: "#72ad2e"
         color: "#FFFFFF"
   - i18n:
+      default_language: en
+      search: true
+      separate: true
       build_only_locale: !ENV [BUILD_ONLY_LOCALE]
       # FIX ME: Add autodetection to translation rates so that only languages
       # with >30% translations are built. See https://explore.transifex.com/opengisch/qfield-documentation/