diff --git a/src/createTranslation.tsx b/src/createTranslation.tsx
index e50909d..8509903 100644
--- a/src/createTranslation.tsx
+++ b/src/createTranslation.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import wrapTWithDefaultNs from './wrapTWithDefaultNs'
 export default function createTranslation(defaultNS?: string) {
   const { lang, namespaces, config } = globalThis.__NEXT_TRANSLATE__ ?? {}
   const localesToIgnore = config.localesToIgnore || ['default']
-  const ignoreLang = localesToIgnore.includes(lang)
+  const ignoreLang = !lang || localesToIgnore.includes(lang)
   const t = transCore({
     config,
     allNamespaces: namespaces,