diff --git a/src/vector/index.html b/src/vector/index.html
index f930b6d23f..172ccfabe6 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.html
+++ b/src/vector/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!doctype html>
-<html id="root" lang="en" style="height: 100%;">
+<html id="mx_PageRoot" lang="en" style="height: 100%;">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Riot</title>
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index fe326e16e3..c154919bd4 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ async function loadLanguage() {
}
try {
await languageHandler.setLanguage(langs);
- document.getElementById("root").setAttribute("lang", languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage());
+ document.getElementById("mx_PageRoot").setAttribute("lang", languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage());
} catch (e) {
console.error("Unable to set language", e);
}