diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/site_customization/information_texts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/site_customization/information_texts_controller.rb
index 6d91ab5fa..fc8a2b834 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/site_customization/information_texts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/site_customization/information_texts_controller.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class Admin::SiteCustomization::InformationTextsController < Admin::SiteCustomiz
             next
           else
             text = I18nContent.find_or_create_by!(key: content[:id])
-            Globalize.locale = locale
-            text.update!(value: value)
+            Globalize.with_locale(locale) do
+              text.update!(value: value)
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index c560ee5ed..c35bc5b22 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -42,20 +42,23 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     end
 
     def set_locale
-      if params[:locale] && I18n.available_locales.include?(params[:locale].to_sym)
-        session[:locale] = params[:locale]
+      I18n.locale = current_locale
+
+      if current_user && current_user.locale != I18n.locale.to_s
+        current_user.update(locale: I18n.locale)
       end
 
-      session[:locale] ||= I18n.default_locale
+      session[:locale] = I18n.locale
+    end
 
-      locale = session[:locale]
-
-      if current_user && current_user.locale != locale.to_s
-        current_user.update(locale: locale)
+    def current_locale
+      if I18n.available_locales.include?(params[:locale]&.to_sym)
+        params[:locale]
+      elsif I18n.available_locales.include?(session[:locale]&.to_sym)
+        session[:locale]
+      else
+        I18n.default_locale
       end
-
-      I18n.locale = locale
-      Globalize.locale = I18n.locale
     end
 
     def set_layout
diff --git a/app/controllers/management/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/management/base_controller.rb
index 6d4070e09..6a2788718 100644
--- a/app/controllers/management/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/management/base_controller.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class Management::BaseController < ActionController::Base
       session[:locale] ||= I18n.default_locale
 
       I18n.locale = session[:locale]
-      Globalize.locale = I18n.locale
     end
 
     def current_budget
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 808707a9b..39266a920 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
 
   config.before do |example|
     I18n.locale = :en
-    Globalize.locale = nil
     Globalize.set_fallbacks_to_all_available_locales
     Setting["feature.user.skip_verification"] = nil
   end
diff --git a/spec/system/localization_spec.rb b/spec/system/localization_spec.rb
index 4056cb8dd..94801ae5d 100644
--- a/spec/system/localization_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/localization_spec.rb
@@ -88,4 +88,22 @@ describe "Localization" do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  scenario "uses default locale when session locale has disappeared" do
+    default_locales = I18n.available_locales
+
+    visit root_path(locale: :es)
+
+    expect(page).to have_content "Entrar"
+
+    begin
+      I18n.available_locales = default_locales - [:es]
+
+      visit root_path
+
+      expect(page).to have_content "Sign in"
+    ensure
+      I18n.available_locales = default_locales
+    end
+  end
 end